Summer Pollen Sources to Apis dorsata honey bees collected from Bramhapuri forest area of Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State (India)
Keywords:
Pollen Sources, Honey Bee, Bramhapuri Tahsil, forest areaAbstract
33 pollen loads recovered directly from the honey combs of Apis dorsata (Rock Bee) collected in May 2013 from Ganeshpur forest area of Bramhapuri Tahsil of Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State, were analysed. Two (6.6%) pollen loads were found to be Uniforal, nine (27.27%) biforal and twenty-two (66.66%) multfloral. The Unifloral pollen loads were contained Terminalia sp. The pollen of Terminalia sp were recovered from 31 (93.93%) of the total pollen loads studied. The study high lights Terminalia sp (combretrceace) do the major pollen source and Mangifera indica (Anacardeaceae),, Blumea sp (Asteraceae), Citrus sp ( Rutaceae) and Delonix regia ( Caesalpineaceae ) as fairly important sources of pollen of the honey bees during the summer period.
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