Avaliação da produção de própolis produzida em Colônias de Apis mellifera em Cruz das Almas – BA

Abstract

The propolis production was analysed in Apis mellifera’s colony, comparing two technics in two periods of year in a physiographic region of Bahia, it was done an experiment in colony from Agronomy School at Universidade Federal da Bahia in Cruz das Almas, Bahia, where the tradicional system and the honey leak tray system on former and hinder during the months of february to july and from august up to december 2003. It was used 14 colonies in analysis scheme of conjoint variation for production variant (g) and propolis storage (cm) according to the treatments and evaluation periods. Propolis production system with honey leak tray did not seem more productive than the traditional one under studied conditions. A. mellifera’s propolis from Cruz das Almas is more intensive in February to july. Preliminary informations about the quality chemical profile of these propolis samples likeness of his constituent chemist presence and intensity of composition suffering only young variation the months of February to July.