1. Quantification of role of specific pollinators in enhancing the crop productivity
a) Fruit Crops
b) Vegetable Crops
c) Field Crops
d) Medicinal Crops
e) Underutilized Crops
- Pollinator diversity studies- Morphometric and Molecular studies
- Standardization of methodology of for mass rearing of alternate pollinators
- Bumble bees
- Stingless bees
- Carpenter bees
4) Exploration studies for alternative pollinators
5) Field evaluation of alternative pollinators under protected cultivation
6) Bee Breeding –Apis mellifera
7) Bee Breeding –Apis cerana
8) Evaluation of Pollen Substitutes
9) Domiciliation of Non apis bees
10) Survey and Surveillance of Honey bee colonies for bee Diseases and Enemies
11) Effect of colony strength on Incidence of pests and diseases
12) Disease management by Non-Chemical methods
13) Evaluation of traps for wasp control in apiary
14) Characterization of gut bacterial community in wax moth, Galleria mellonella
15) Management of wax moth, Galleria mellonella through integrated pest management approaches
16) Management of Wax moth, Galleria mellonella, L. in stored combs
17) Hive designing
18) Effect of new molecules on Honey bees and Pollinators
19) Conservation of wild honey bees
20) Impact of Co-nesting of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera workers on Colony Performance
21) Preparation and Sharing of Standard reference pollen slides
22) Preparing floral calendar and migratory route for A. mellifera
23) Variability in nectar production potential and attractiveness of various genotypes of
Brassica carinata to pollinators
24) Studies on physico chemical and antibacterial activity of honey of different agro-climatic zone
25) Evaluation of Pollen Production Potential
26) Evaluation of available bee venom extractors for bee venom collection, foraging behaviour and
colony performance parameters
27) Bt gene expression studies in the Pollen of Transgenic G. hirsutum cultivars