Diversity of Apis and non-Apis pollinators in University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad campus

Abstract

The data on bee fauna included 34 bee species of Apis and non- Apis. Among them 14 species belongs to the family Apidae, 7 species halictidae, 7 species Megachilidae, 3 species Scolidae and 3 species Vespidae. Among the different families recorded, Apidae constituted at higher per cent of 80.20 per cent followed by Halictidae 16.29 per cent, Scolidae 1.6 per cent, Megachillidae 1.52 per cent and Vespidae 0.29 per cent. The highest Simpson index, Shannon-Wiener index and Margalef’s diversity index was observed during October month with 0.816, 2.023 and 2.815 respectively due to the availability of rich source of bee flora and favourable environmental conditions to the bees. Similarly highest evenness of 1 was observed during July month.