Implantação e manutenção da flora apícola no setor de apicultura da UFRB

Abstract

The bee flora is of extreme relevance for beekeeping and without this is practically impossible its practice. It consists of native, secondary, tertiary vegetation, reforestation or even cultivable areas to provide bees with essential raw materials for their survival. The diverse species of plants that make up the flora vary according to their geographic location. Thus, before the installation of an apiary, it is necessary to carry out a preliminary survey of the regional flora in order to know the species that must be preserved. The objective of this work is to establish and maintain a collection of bee species visited by bees. Ten species of apicultural plants were installed in the apiary of the UFRB from April to June 2019; these were observed daily to verify the visitation of the bees in the plants that were in flowering. The bees collected pollen from the Richardia grandiflora, Portulaca oleracea, and Praxelis climatidea and pollen and nectar from the Centratherum punctatum, Eupatorium balhotaefolium, Turnera subulata, Crotalária juncea, Melissa officinalis L., Cosmos caudatus and Antigonum leptopus.