Botanical profile of bee pollen from the southern coastal region of Bahia, Brazil

作者：Dorea Marcos da Costa; de Novais Jailson Santos^*; Ribeiro dos Santos Francisco de Assis

来源：Acta Botanica Brasilica, 2010, 24(3): 862-867.

DOI：10.1590/S0102-33062010000300028

• Apis mellifera
• Atlantic Forest
• beekeeping
• melissopalynology
• pollen type

(Botanical profile of bee pollen from the southern coastal region of Bahia, Brazil). This paper aims to identify the botanical origin of pollen loads collected by Apis mellifera L. in Canavieiras municipality, Bahia state. It provides a list of polliniferous plant species from the Atlantic Forest biome that are important for the development of regional apiculture. Using the acetolysis method, 35 bee-pollen samples were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Results showed that pollen types Elaeis (23.99%), Mimosa pudica (22.78%) and Cecropia (13.68%) were the most abundant among the samples. These also showed the highest relative frequencies of the material studied and were important pollen sources for bees in the study area.

• 出版日期2010-9