Summer Pollen Sources to Apis Dorsata Honeybees Collected from Bhadrawati Tahsil Forest Area of Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State (India)

Borkar Laxmikant¹*, Nakade Ankit² and Mate Devendra^2
1Department of Botany, S. S. Jaiswal Arts, Comm. and Science College, Arjuni (Mor), Dist - Gondia, India
²Department of Botany, Nutan Adrash Arts, Commerce and M. H. Wegad Science College, Umrer, Dist - Nagpur, India
*Corresponding Author: Borkar Laxmikant, Department of Botany, S. S. Jaiswal Arts, Comm. and Science College, Arjuni (Mor), Dist - Gondia, India.

Published: October 08, 2024

DOI: 10.55162/MCAES.07.204

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Abstract  

78 pollen loads recovered directly from the honeycombs of Apis dorsata (Rock Bee) collected in 29 March 2012 to 31 may 2013 from Moudholi and Chandankheda forest area of bhadrawati Tahsil of Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State, were analysed. 32 (41.02%) pollen loads were found to be Uniforal, 31 (39.74%) bifloral and 15 (19.23%) multifloral. The Unifloral pollen loads were contained Terminalia sp. and Mangifera indica. The pollen of Terminalia sp. was recovered from 71 (91.02%) of the total pollen loads studied. The study high lights Terminalia sp. (combretrceace) do the major pollen source and Mangifera indica (Anacardeaceae), Delonix regia (Caesalpiniaceae), Prosopis juliflora (Mimosaceae) as fairly important sources of pollen of the honeybees during the summer period.

Keywords: Pollen Sources; Honeybee; Bhadrawati Tahsil. forest area

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