Protein suplementation effect on the collected pollen amount and on africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies development

Authors

  • Maria Luísa T. M. F. Alves Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Apicultura Tropical, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Etelvina C. A. da Silva Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Apicultura Tropical, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Augusta C. de. C. C. Moretti Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Apicultura Tropical, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Ronaldo M. B. da Silva Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Apicultura Tropical, Nova Odessa, SP

Keywords:

feeding, protein supplement, pollen production, colony development, Africanized honey bees

Abstract

The work was developed aiming to check on how the Africanized honey bees behave toward pollen collection and also toward development of brood areas, honey and pollen when lhe bees are fed with sugar syrup plus a protein supplement to which pollen, soybean meal and sugar are added to. Colonies which have been fed with supplement have yielded 60.62g of pollen, (dairy average) from May to November of 1994; a quantity significantly bigger (p <0.05) by the F test, as compared to colonies vhich have received only sugar syrup (36.1Og/day). Pollen collection for the same period increased on a linear basis and corresponding monthly averages can be represented by the equation: Y = 15.19186 + 4.14653X (R2 = 0.757). As to brood and honey areas there have not been significant differences between treated and non-treated colonies, though the smallest measurements have been obtained between July and August. Pollen area however has been significantly smaller (p <0.05) in colonies which had received protein supplementary food (5.22dm2) in relation to control colonies (11.29dm2), and smaller obtained measurements were collected during July.

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Published

2013-12-05

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Section

FORAGE CROPS AND PASTURES

How to Cite

Protein suplementation effect on the collected pollen amount and on africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies development. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 54(1), 85-89. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/978

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