Abstract: The stingless bees are social insects (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) live in cryptic nests at various diversified habitats. They are less ferocious and less venomous insects, can be used as model organisms to study and understand various aspects of living systems such as biology, ecology, ethology, mellisopalynology, melitophily and other related aspects which are useful to biology students and researchers as well. Moreover, stingless bee hives products (e.g. honey, pollen, cerumen etc.) are commercially important and are more useful materials to be used for geo-location of forage plants, floral types and quality and property of honey. Keeping in view, present investigation was conducted to develop daughter colonies from the parent colony of stingless bees to reveal the practical applications using eduction method during 2020-2021 at different human modified habitats in Mysore. Parent colonies of stingless bees located naturally at various man-made establishments were randomly selected after noticing their easily accessibility without disturbing their normal activity. Locally available empty coconut (Cocos nucifera) shell and little adhesive material were used to develop daughter colonies at the peripheral region of the parent colonies by following standard methods. Observations were made to record the newly established daughter colony, isolated without any disturbance and the hive parameters such as number of bees, pollen cells, honey cells and brood cells establishment on the inner surface of the C. nucifera shell was encouraging.  Results of such findings are critically discussed in detail in this presentation.
 

Key words: Eduction, stingless bees, practical applications, human modified habitats.

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2023.10671