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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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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