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ISSN: 2641-6794

Open Access Journal of Environmental & Soil Science

Research Article(ISSN: 2641-6794)

Relation Between Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.), Population of Plant Species, Collected pollen and Its Protein Content

Volume 2 - Issue 4

Zheko Radev*

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    • Cosmocert SA - Certification Cervices, Sofia, Bulgaria

    *Corresponding author:Zheko Radev, Cosmocert SA - Certification Cervices, Sofia, Bulgaria

Received:April 19, 2019;   Published: April 26, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/OAJESS.2019.02.000144

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Abstract

In this work, the relation between honey bees, population of plant species, collected pollen and its protein content was studied. There have been established two negative and two positive correlations of the analyzed plant species which have been most visited and naturally populated. It can be said that the bees collect the same amount pollen from these plant species regardless of its high or low protein content. The analysis not found difference and there is no relation between amount of collected pollen and its protein content. The quantity collected pollen by the bees depends on the population of the certain plants that bees visit. We have to consider the differences in the discoveries of bees-scouts, when searching for new crops, flower type, the number of flowers, bees’ direct access pass, the distance to the hives, ecological factors and etc. When flowering Centaurea cyanus, bees collect most of it pollen and less from Ranunculus sp. The results of the study show that the wide variety of pollen provided the taxons with population “2” and less with population “+”. It is necessary to keep and protect the native flora, which provide to the bee’s food.

Keywords:Pollen; Protein content; Honey bee; Apis mellifera L.

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