The present handbook for practitioners, beekeepers, students of agriculture, forestry and agro-ecologyand conservationists shows the reader at different levels of education throughout India for beekeeping guidance. In addition, this book is relatively easy to read, practical and interactive, such that any motivated woman or man could engage in profitable and sustainable beekeeping in India and elsewhere, while it describes a range of methods and goals. This book deals with many different subjects related to beekeeping that are seldom put side by side. This book covers important topics such as the Introduction to Apiculture, Different Types of Honey Bees, Morphology and Anatomy of Honey Bee, Bee Forage and Floral Calendars, Colony Organization and Life Cycle, Social Behaviour of Honey Bees, Beekeeping with Oriental Honeybees, Beekeeping Equipment, Maintaining and Managing Bee Colonies and Maintenance of Apiary, Collection and Preservation of Bee Pasture, Floral Enrichment for Honey Production, Seasonal Management of Honey Bee Colonies, Queen Management, Supplementary Feeding, Shifting Bee Colonies, Robbing and Absconding, Flowering Periods, Nectar Secreting Concentration and other Economic Importance of Bee Flora, Honeybee Diversity and Role in Pollination, Manipulation for Honey Production, Economics of Beekeeping, Enemies of Honey Bees and their Control and Diseases of Honeybee. All these matters are explained at the level of detail that is needed to fully understand the importance of the Beekeeping.

Dr. Saurav Gupta, presently working as Associate Professor/Sr. Scientist Entomology at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samba of SKUAST, Jammu, India. He did his Ph.D (Entomology) from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu (J&K), India in 2007. He has joined as Assistant Professor/Jr. Scientist (Entomology) in the Division of Entomology, SKUAST-Kashmir in May, 2010 and where he remained for more than four years, then he got mutually transferred to SKUAST-J where he was posted at Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri and worked as Scientist for more than 4 and half years, then he was transferred to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kathua where he worked as Scientist/SMS, Entomology. Dr Saurav Gupta has vast experience and expertise in Apiculture, Economic Entomology, Applied Entomology, Biological Control and Pest Management. He was awarded with Life Fellow of “The Entomological Society of India, New Delhi” on 2014. He is an Associate Editor and reviewer of “International Journal of Agriculture Sciences”. He has several publications to his credit which includes research papers, technical bulletins, extension folders, practical manuals and book chapters published in reputed national/international journals and books. He has delivered several lectures on pest management of field crops, vegetable crops, oilseed crops, cereal crops and tropical and temperate fruit crops to promote and enhance the adoptability of Integrated Pest Management.