Name: Fishing - Strategies and Techniques
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 2 s
Description: This video elaborates on how various fishing techniques have been used to collect seafood, both commercially and traditionally. Let's dive in!

Question

Why Apis mellifera is preferred over other species of honey bees for commercial production of honey?

Accepted Answer

Apis mellifera is also called the Italian bee. It is preferred over the indigenous species for the commercial production of honey because of the following characteristics:

1. Docile nature: Rearing and management of Apis mellifera are easier than other bees. It can also be trained easily for the collection of nectar and production of honey at a large scale.

2.High yield: Apis mellifera gives a high yield of honey in comparison to other species of bees. Around 50-200 kg of honey can be obtained from a single comb in a year.

3. Prolific egg production: Apis mellifera produces numerous eggs in a day as the mating process is very quick and gets completed soon. The queen lays 1000-2000 eggs in a day during spring. As a result, numerous worker bees will be produced and therefore the production of honey from a single comb will be higher.

Why Apis mellifera is preferred over other species of honey bees for commercial production of honey?

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