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 Apis dorsata is a giant honey bee. Tribals use this species for honey and beewax collection.
 
 Apis dorsata
 
 is also the natural host of the
 <a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/MISC/BEES/Tropilaelaps.htm">
 
 Tropilaelaps
 
 mite
 </a>
 , a devastating parasite with an expanding distribution.

Different parts of Apis dorsata under foldscope

Foldscope kindles curiosity among farmers at Krishi Mela in Bengaluru

Trichogramma embryophagum under foldscope

Trichogramma embryophagum

Trichogrammatoidea armigera under foldscope

Mosquito larva under foldscope

Trichogramma chilonis &#8211; A potential biological control agent

Whitefly captured under foldscope

Fungus-infected aphid

Various parts of neuropteran larva

Movement of Tetranychus urticae observed under foldscope

Different parts of Apis dorsata under foldscope

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