University Apiary, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa-848 125, Samastipur, Bihar, (India).
1A part of approved M.Sc. (Ag.) thesis, submitted by Manoj Kumar, to the Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar.
Search for alternative flora competing with sunflower for foraging of honeybees indicated that the mustard was most competitive flora with sunflower, on an average 6.21 bee visited/minute/m2 area while the least prefered flora was maize where 0.66 bee visited/minute/m2 area. The maximum number of bee visits were 5.87/minute/m2 area at 12.00 noon while the least number of bee visits were 3.44/minute/m2 area at 4.00 P.M.
