Shivani Parmar

Faunal Diversity and Abundance of Syrphids in Litchi and Guava Ecosystems, Including a New Record of Scaeva latimaculata (Brunetti, 1923) from the Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh, India

Akash Sharma, Surender Kumar Sharma & Shivani Parmar · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

Aims: Himachal Pradesh is situated in the western Himalayas. Kangra district of the state, especially Shivalik hills are known to retain a rich treasure of climatic variability, favourable for diversified vegetation and insect fauna. This study assessed the abundance and diversit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92858

Commercial Beekeepers Leveraging Apis mellifera (Linnaeus), for Income Generation in Himachal Pradesh, India

Tamana Rani, Surender K. Sharma, Debamitra Chatterjee & Shivani Parmar · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Background: Himachal Pradesh possesses a diverse range of temperate and sub-temperate flora, providing abundant nectar and pollen resources for honey bees throughout the year. The availability of rich bee floral resources such as horticultural crops, forest vegetation, and wild f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i23659

Diversity and Nesting Behaviour of Xylocopa Species in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, India

Palak Singh Padda, Surender Kumar Sharma, Sukh Dev Sharma & Shivani Parmar · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

Aims: Kangra district, situated in the mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh is known to retain a rich treasure of climatic variability, favourable for diversified vegetation and insect fauna. This study assessed the diversity and nesting behaviour of Xylocopa species in Kangra district....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123470