Study of Bee Forage Based on Bee Bread from 4 Species of Honeybees in Teaching Forest Hasanuddin University

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Abstract This study was intend to know and to identify bee forage in bee bread from honeybee in Teaching forest Hasanuddin University. Study method used in this study was survey method and identification of plant species were done in Plantation Industry Laboratory. There were 2 stage of the study i.e. collecting sample of bee bread from 4 species of honeybee ( Apis cerana, Apis mellifera, Apis dorsata and Trigona sp ) and identification of pollen in Plantation Industry Laboratory. Study results indicate that there were 20 pollen species i.e. banana ( Musa paradisiaca), papaya ( Carica papaya ), Mango ( Mangifera indica) puteri malu ( Mimosa pudica ), eggplant ( Solanum tovarum ), sangitan ( Sambucus javanica), water apple ( Syzgium aqueum ), candlenut ( Aleurites moluccana ), jatropha ( Jatropha curcas ), euphorbia ( Ephorbia milii ), guava ( Psidium guajava ), Acacia ( Acacia mangium) , sugar palm ( Arenga pinnata ), nusa indah ( Mussaenda pubescens ), chili ( Capsicum annum ), puspa ( Schima wallichii ), coconut ( Cocos nucifera ), corn ( Zea mays) , jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus ), and Piperaceae. The highesr bee bread from 4 species of honeybee pollen was sugarpalm ( Arenga pinnata) with percentage 15,08%. The lowest bee bread was guava ( Psidium guajava) with percentage 0,09%. The most pollen collecting was Trigona sp with 10 plant species.

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