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

Modified from Sihag [15].