[Pollinator] Fw: Bees are disappearing in India – and we are slowly learning why

[Dr.R.C. Sihag]

Dr. R.C. SihagEx-Dean,College of Basic Sciences & Humanities,CCS Haryana Agricultural University,Hisar-125 004, India.From: David Inouye <inouye at umd.edu>Sent: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 23:16:49To: "Dr.R.C. Sihag" <sihagrc at rediffmail.com>Subject: Re: [Pollinator] Bees are disappearing in India – and we are slowly learning why Thanks for your valuable insights.  You should feel free to send that response to the list.
Best wishes,
David 
On 6/9/2017 11:09 AM, Dr.R.C. Sihag wrote:
1496767599.S.6865.30237.f5-224-118.1497028160.28208 at webmail.rediffmail.com">Hi David, I read the above article. But this is not the first report from India. Pollinator decline in India has been reported long back. I presented two papers in the International Symposium on Pollination at Bangalore in 1993 (I recall your presence in that symposium) and recently published an article on Apis dorsata (2014). These three publications are on the population decline of Apis florea, Andrena ilerda and Andrena leana and Apis dorsata in Haryana (India). In fact, it is customary practice in India that Indian scientists never screen Indian works while making large claims of first report and many good works are often overlooked. My following three publications on bee declines can be of interest to some other colleagues: 1. Sihag, R.C. 1993 a. Pollination problems in two oilseed crops, toria (Brassica campestris L) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Southwest Haryana In: Pollinat!
 ion in Tropics (Eds.: G. K. Veeresh, R. Uma Shankar and K. Ganeshaiah), IUSSI- Indian Chapter, Bangalore, pp: 258-261. 2. Sihag, R.C. 1993 b. Population dynamics of andrenid pollinators at sub-tropical Hisar (India). In: Pollination in Tropics, (Eds.: G. K. Veeresh, R. Uma Shankar and K. Ganeshaiah), IUSSI- Indian Chapter, Bangalore, pp: 270-273. 3. Sihag, R.C. 2014. Phenology of migration and decline in colony numbers and crop hosts of giant honeybee (Apis dorsata F.) in semiarid environment of Northwest India. J. Insects, 2014, pp: 1-9, Article ID 639467; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/639467 R.C.SihagFrom: David Inouye <inouye at umd.edu>Sent: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:16:39To: pollinator at coevolution.orgSubject: [Pollinator] Bees are disappearing in India – and we are slowly learning whyhttps://scroll.in/article/839067/bees-are-disappearing-in-india-and-we-are-slowly-learning-why--Dr. David W. InouyeProfessor EmeritusDepartment of BiologyUniversity of MarylandCol!
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