Research Article
Phenology of Migration and Decline in Colony Numbers and Crop Hosts of Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata F.) in Semiarid Environment of Northwest India
Table 3
Ambient temperature and humidity regimes at Hisar (Haryana, India).
| | Months | Relative humidity (ranges) | Temperature regimes (ranges) | Minimum (%) | Maximum (%) | Maximum (°C) | Minimum (°C) |
| Winter | December to mid-February | 50–60 | 80–90 | 10 to 25 | −1 to 13 | Spring | Mid February to March | 40–50 | 60–70 | 25 to 30 | 15 to 20 | Early summer | April to mid-May | 20–30 | 40–50 | 30 to 44 | 25 to 28 | Late summer | Mid May to June/early July | 15–20 | 30–35 | 44 to 48 | 28 to 30 | Monsoon | Early July to September | 70–80 | >90 | 25 to 38 | 20 to 25 | Autumn | October-November | 40–50 | 60–70 | 25 to 32 | 15–18 |
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Modified from Sihag [15].
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