Department of Zoology, Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560 056, Karnataka, (India).
Present Address: Department of Apiculture, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K. Campus, Bangalore - 560 065, India, Ph: +91-080-3330153. E-mail: nn_apis_99@yahoo.com.
The present study aimed to determine the foraging activity, load carrying capacity and foraging trip frequency of Apis mellifera during 1995–98 showed similar diurnal pattern in respect of number of pollen foragers, pollen load size and number of pollen foraging trips on one hand and number of nectar foragers, nectar load size and nectar foraging trips on the other hand. However, minimum foraging index was observed on mid day. Comparatively, the foraging performance of A. mellifera was better during 1997–98 than previous years 1995–97 of the study period.
