The The effect of feeding on rapeseed and bee bread plants on the biological activity and productivity of honey bee colonies Apis mellifera
The effect of feeding on rapeseed and bee bread plants on the biological activity and productivity of honey bee colonies Apis mellifera
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56286/ntujavs.v3i3.592Keywords:
rapeseed, bee bread, borage, nutrition, honey bee coloniesAbstract
The field study was conducted during the agricultural season 2022-2023 in three locations. The first is the apiary of the College of Agriculture and Forestry, in which the bee sects were feeding and resting on the natural wild plants and bushes present in the apiary and the surrounding areas. The second location was in one of the agricultural fields in the Rashidieh area, in which it was planted. Seeds of the bee bread plant Borago officinalis at a rate of one dunam. The third site was in one of the agricultural fields of the Al-Mazra'i neighborhood of Nineveh Governorate, in which rapeseed Brassica napus was planted, at a rate of one dunam as well.
The results of the study showed that the treatment of bee bread (the second site) on 1/10 was superior in recording the highest bee density, worker brood, pollen grain area and mature honey area, which was positively reflected in the amount of honey produced, with averages of 17.66 bees, 785.66 inches2, 302.17 inches2, and 803 inches. 33 inches2 and 9.08 kg / colony, respectively, and the treatment of rapeseed plants (the third site) recorded satisfactory and good results in which it outperformed the comparison treatment with averages of 14.42 bees, 596.66 inches2, 257.66 inches2, 760.33 inches2, and 7. 63 kg / colony, respectively, while this percentage decreased in the comparison treatment (first site) on 11/11, which recorded the lowest averages of 5.17 bees, 341.33 inches2, 40.66 inches2, 118.33 inches2, and 2.54 kg. Respectively, the results confirmed the necessity of cultivating bee bread and rapeseed plants to provide beds and a good pasture of nectar and pollen through which bee colonies can cross the winter stage and obtain high bee density and good storage of honey and pollen.
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