Daily amount of pollen collected by africanized honney bees (Apis mellifera L.) using different types of traps

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
  • Augusta C. de C. C. Moreti 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
  • 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
  • Érica W. Teixeira 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
  • Ivani P. Otsuk Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP

Keywords:

pollen trap, pollen production, Africanized honey bees

Abstract

Utilizing three types of pollen trap (bottom, front and intermediate level) installed in hives with Africanized honey bees, at the Tropical Apiculture Center, in Pindamonhangaba, São PauLo State (22°57€™S, 42°27€™W; 560m elevation) between January, 1992 and December, 1994, it was coilected and weigbhed, in a daily basis, the pollen intercepted. Interaction between month and type of pollen trap did not occur (p = 0.5285). Daily amount of pollen collected from the intermediate level model was bigger (p < 0.05) than those collected from the other models. Daily averages of pollen collectea during each month can be expressed by the equation: Y = 55.2241-6.0611X+0.4013X (R2 = 0.99), where Y stands by daily collected pollen amount (gram) and X stands by the respective month.

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Published

2013-12-05

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Section

FORAGE CROPS AND PASTURES

How to Cite

Daily amount of pollen collected by africanized honney bees (Apis mellifera L.) using different types of traps. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 54(1), 97-101. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/982

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