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Synopsis This book is indicative of the ecospecific importance of the analysis of bee pollen loads, and the importance of location specific research requirement in the standardization of honey. In the process she has given a comprehensive picture of the bee biodiversity, the community life of the bee colony, the apiary techniques, the importance of honey bees in pollination which in turn lead to artificial pollination for increasing seed production, covering a gamut of areas in bee biology and apiculture. The information will substantially benefit future researches and bee farmers in resorting to the use of science and technology as instruments in apiculture development and human welfare. The net outcome of the work is the expansion of the horizon of knowledge on the one hand, and the use of pollen as an index of the local flora, on the other, which with the medicinal components provide new direction on the pharmaceutical/nutraceutical value of honey containing such pollen, apart from promoting apiculture industry, agricultural production which together give thrust to ecodevelopment. In fact, the application of palynological.