Some Dayly Activities of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) on Some Flowering Plants in Basrah | ||
| Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 7, Volume 25, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 29-38 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2012.54706 | ||
| Author | ||
| Alla Sabeh Jabbar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study was conducted in Basrah / Iraq from September 2003 to September 2004, The objectives of the study were to determine the host plants that foraged by the bee workers during the blooming period and the role of plant species on their behavioral, plant species: Jujub, River-red gume, Red bottl brush, Henna, Mesquite, Acacia, Sesban, Blue chaste tree, Blue sky flower, Sebestan, Morning Glory, Clerodendrum, Boxthorn and Caper Bush ..It was found that the highest foraging activity of honey bees on the flowers was at eleven o’clock a.m., decreased at two o’clock p.m and disappeared on sunset.Among the trees jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) was the most attractive plant in the time unit where the frequency was 7.83 bees/5 branches/minute. Sesban (Sesbania sesban) showedt the highest visiting rate which was 0.37 bees/m2/minute. | ||
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