scholarly journals Treatment With Synthetic Brood Pheromone (SuperBoost) Enhances Honey Production and Improves Overwintering Survival of Package Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies

2012 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron G. Lait ◽  
John H. Borden ◽  
Ervin Kovacs ◽  
Onour E. Moeri ◽  
Michael Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Brood Pheromone ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Overwintering Survival

scholarly journals PROSPECT BUDIDAYA USAHA LEBAH MADU (Trigona sp) DENGAN METODE TOPING DAN STUP

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Safrin Edy ◽  
Laode Al Hemawan Ardi
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Feasibility Analysis ◽  
Business Opportunity ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Bee Colonies

This study aims to analyze the feasibility of the business and analyze the opportunities and threats of Trigona Ongka farm in Laompo Village, Batauga District, South Buton Regency. The research was conducted from January to February 2020 in Laompo Village, Batauga District, South Buton Regency. The sample in this study was 1 (one) honeybee breeders (Trigona sp). The method used is the independent sample t-test and the R / C feasibility analysis. Business opportunities and threats are analyzed qualitatively. The results showed that the business feasibility of Trigona sp honey bee livestock through the STUP and topping method was 1.5, (R/C > 1), meaning that each additional cost incurred resulted in a larger increase in revenue as much as IDR 1,400,000 for the STUP method and IDR 1,500,000 for the topping method instead of additional costs or simply profitable business activities. The honey bee livestock business opportunity of Trigona sp, namely honey as a favorite that is popular, relatively stable price, partially known production of the community, the location is easy to reach by vehicles, the availability of large land for business development. While the threat of Trigona sp honey bee livestock, namely: lack of environmental carrying capacity, so that environmental improvements and increasing the number of bee colonies are needed to increase honey production, do not have a product brand to be widely commercialized, product quality standardization is still poorly understood by breeders, there is no internal coordination between breeders to strengthen institutions and lack of access to assistance from capital institutions in terms of capital.  Keywords: Prospects, Business Feasibility, Honey Bees

scholarly journals KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT DALAM MELESTARIKAN LEBAH MADU ALAM DENGAN TEKNIK TIKUNG DI KAWASAN SIAWAN BELIDA KAPUAS HULU

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamiat . ◽  
Iskandar A M ◽  
M Idham
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Natural Materials ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Forest Lake ◽  
Natural Honey ◽  
Selection Of

Local wisdom is one of the characteristics national culture that deserves to be explored and developed in the future. Honey production is carried out by maintaining traditional nest making that utilizes natural materials are local wisdom that is still applied. The purpose of this study is to (1) reveal the local wisdom in natural forest honey management, (2) the amount of natural forest honey produced by the community from periau using tikung techniques in the area of Siawan Belida, Nanga Tuan Village, Bunut Hilir Subdistrict, Kapuas Hulu Regency. The method used a survey with interview techniques, the selection of respondents are choosing all Nanga Tuan periau. The results of the study revealing local wisdom in preserving natural honey bees with tikung techniques in the Siawan Belida area, namely; tikung, making tikung, selecting trees for installation of tikung, agreement on division of territory in lakes (suak), sanctions for tree destroyers, sanctions for tikung hives burglars, pre-harvesting ceremonies, conditions of harvesting natural forest honey, harvesting honey bees process, honey treatment after harvesting at home. Tree preservation efforts of tikung honey bee techniques based on local wisdom, including; stipulation of forest lake areas in the management of tikung honey, types of feed for Apis dorsata bees. The amount of natural forest honey is 5- 8 tons / year with planting done twice / year.Keywords : local wisdom, natural honey bees, Siawan Belida, tikung techniques

SuperBoost® synthetic brood pheromone enhances spring build-up of overwintered honey bee colonies

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onour E Moeri ◽  
Cameron G Lait ◽  
Ervin Kovacs ◽  
John H Borden ◽  
Michael Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Brood Pheromone ◽  
Bee Colonies

scholarly journals Foraging behavior and honey production of Apismellifera L.

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-366
Author(s):  
Md Ektarul Islam ◽  
Md Jamil Hossain Biswas ◽  
Kazi Shahanara Ahmed ◽  
Faruki Shabia Maraj
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Foraging Behavior ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Bee Pollination ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Queen Cell ◽  
Effect On Yield

Honeybee, Apismellifera L. was reared and maintained in bee box and placed in around Bangladesh Agricultural University campus in Mymensingh to study its life cycle, behaviour, pollen gathering activity, honey production and its effect on yield of mustard. There was no relationship between sunrises, sunset, first out from the box and last entrance into the box. But positive relationship was found with day temperature to first out and last entrance. The highest number of bees collected pollen in the 3rd week of March. Maximum pollen gathering activities were found at 12.00 to 1.00 p.m. The highest amount of honey production was 4.00 kg per box in mustard and there was positive correlation between percent pollen gathering activity and honey production. The highest number of queen cell was found in the month of March. The results showed that honey bee pollination had significant effect on increase in all the plant parameters and yield.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2015, 1(2): 359-366

Growth of Apis mellifera (L.) colonies influenced by honey extraction frequencies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Chaudhary ◽  
O.P. Chaudhary ◽  
Vadde Anoosha
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Colony Growth ◽  
High Pollen ◽  
Single Extraction ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Significant Difference

Present re search was formulated to find out how honey extraction frequencies influence colony growth and honey production of European honey bee Apis mellifera colonies. Colonies were equalized in terms of food and brood before starting experiment and were subjected to three types of honey extraction frequencies namely single, two and regular/ farmer’s practices. Observations were recorded fortnightly throughout the honey flow season for two consecutive years (2014-16). As per present findings single extraction frequency have maximum mean honey area of 668.4 inches2 followed by twice extracted colonies (568.6) with significant difference and regular extraction (449.0) gives least honey. Honey peaks were observed during mid February (837.8-916.8 inches2) which remains significantly higher than honey areas in January and in March. As far as colony growth was concerned colonies with two extractions have high total brood areas of 436.4 inches2 and similar trend was followed in case of larvae, pupae and egg. Effect on pollen stores gave a different picture in contrast of other parameters here colonies with regular extraction were observed with significantly high pollen stores (99.3 inches2) than single extracted colonies (83.7 inches2). For high honey production single extraction was recommended and if colony multiplication was also an aim than twice extraction is best option as per findings.

Reduced worker relatedness does not affect cooperation in honey bee colonies

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (9) ◽  
pp. 1542-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn M Underwood ◽  
Michael J Lewis ◽  
James F Hare
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Kin Selection ◽  
Genetic Relatedness ◽  
Production Worker ◽  
Brood Production ◽  
Eusocial Insects ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Drone Brood ◽  
Bee Colonies

Although kin selection is commonly regarded as a major force in the evolution and maintenance of social behaviour in eusocial insects, recent controversy regarding whether honey bee (Apis mellifera L., 1758) workers can discriminate close kin from more distant relatives casts doubt on the extent to which cooperation among individuals within honey bee colonies is controlled by genetic relatedness. We contrasted brood and honey production in colonies where we diluted worker relatedness with those elements of productivity in colonies where relatedness was unmanipulated. Relatedness manipulation did not affect overall brood production, worker or drone brood production, the worker to drone brood sex ratio, or the volume of honey produced. Thus, there is no evidence that honey bees discriminate close from distant relatives or, more importantly, that dilution of the coefficient of relatedness within a colony has any impact on the efficiency of that colony.

scholarly journals No apparent correlation between honey bee forager gut microbiota and honey production

PeerJ ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e1329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Horton ◽  
Randy Oliver ◽  
Irene L. Newton
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Library Size ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
16S Rrna Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
Bee Colonies ◽  
Colony Productivity

One of the best indicators of colony health for the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is its performance in the production of honey. Recent research into the microbial communities naturally populating the bee gut raise the question as to whether there is a correlation between microbial community structure and colony productivity. In this work, we used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to explore the microbial composition associated with forager bees from honey bee colonies producing large amounts of surplus honey (productive) and compared them to colonies producing less (unproductive). As supported by previous work, the honey bee microbiome was found to be dominated by three major phyla: the Proteobacteria, Bacilli and Actinobacteria, within which we found a total of 23 different bacterial genera, including known “core” honey bee microbiome members. Using discriminant function analysis and correlation-based network analysis, we identified highly abundant members (such asFrischellaandGilliamella) as important in shaping the bacterial community; libraries from colonies with high quantities of theseOrbaceaemembers were also likely to contain fewerBifidobacteriaandLactobacillusspecies (such as Firm-4). However, co-culture assays, using isolates from these major clades, were unable to confirm any antagonistic interaction betweenGilliamellaand honey bee gut bacteria. Our results suggest that honey bee colony productivity is associated with increased bacterial diversity, although this mechanism behind this correlation has yet to be determined. Our results also suggest researchers should not base inferences of bacterial interactions solely on correlations found using sequencing. Instead, we suggest that depth of sequencing and library size can dramatically influencestatistically significantresults from sequence analysis of amplicons and should be cautiously interpreted.

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