Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
SM Wankhede, VV Shinde, AL Narangalkar and PM Haldankar

Abstract:
The present investigation was conducted with five treatments and four replications in randomized block design. The different treatments viz., T1-Wooden square trap @ 20x20x15 cm³, T2-PVC pipe trap @ Two chamber 20x18x12 cm³, T3-Wooden rectangular trap @ 34x11x11 cm³, T4-Earthen pot @ ½ litre capacity and T5-Bamboo trap @ 35x7.5 cm² were designed. Surveyed the stingless bee colonies in electric pipe, plumbing pipe, live and dead tree trunk, crevices in window, door, wall etc and installed the treatments traps in natural habitat of bee colonies by coupling of PVC pipe @ 5 inch long with 25mm diameter. The generated data indicated that the treatments T2-PVC pipe trap @ Two chamber 20x18x12 cm³ and T5-Bamboo trap @ 35x7.5 cm² were found equally effective recorded 100 per cent trapping of stingless bee colony and queen (0.87 nos./trap) from its natural habitat, and was significantly superior over rest of the treatments. The maximum honey cells (15.1 nos.), pollen cells (21.6 nos.) and brood cells (398.5 nos.) were recorded in T2-PVC pipe trap @ Two chamber 20x18x12 cm³ and it was followed by T5-Bamboo trap @ 35x7.5 cm² which 11.6, 18.7 and 347 nos., respectively which found significantly superior over T4-Earthen pot @ ½ litre capacity, T1-Wooden square trap @ 20x20x15 cm³ and T3-Wooden rectangular trap @ 34x11x11 cm³.