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Evaluation of the honey and pollen yield of Melipona interrupta bee colonies in the Amazon region
2020; Southern Cross Publishing; Issue: 14(03):2020 Linguagem: Inglês
10.21475/10.21475/ajcs.20.14.03.p1991
ISSN1835-2693
AutoresAdcléia Pereira Pires, Aline Pacheco, Lucieta Guerreiro Martorano, Jonival M. NETO, José Reinaldo da Silva Cabral de Moraes, Lucas Eduardo de Oliveira Aparecido,
Tópico(s)Plant and animal studies
ResumoThe objective of this research was to evaluate the productivity of honey and pollen of Melipona interrupta (Jandaíra) colonies during a one-year period. This study was conducted in meliponiculture production colonies located in community of Coroca in the City of Santarém, Pará, from October 2016 to December 2017. All collections of meliponiculture material were conducted during the first week of each month. Characteristics such as the total number of food pots, height, diameter, and volume of honey and pollen pots, the mass of the colony, production of pollen and honey, and the productivity of the bee colony as a whole were constantly monitored. Each month, biometric measurements of fifteen colonies of native bees of the specie were conducted and analyzed in the Statistical Analysis System. The greatest honey production by these colonies was strongly correlated with the less-rainy period that occurs in the region, and this production was most pronounced during October through December.
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