Preliminary study on honey plants around Holetta
1998
Amsalu Bezabeh (Holetta Bee Research and Training Center (Ethiopia))
All kinds of natural vegetation that was ween foraged by bees were collected and taxonomically identified. Their nature, habitat, flowering period and their importance to honey bees were determined. Honey samples harvested at the same period were analyzed using the revised method of melissopalynology. Fifty dominant and 86 mirnor honey plant species which are growing mostly on open and cultivated land were identified. The species include both naturally growing and cultivated plants with more herbaceous type. Most of honey plant species of the area were flowered and visited by honey bees during spring (September-November). the time from the second week of October to the end of November is the main honey flow period during which time honey is harvested at large and honey of this period is mainly based on herbaceous source (Creopsis bornonia and Brassica napus). the last two weeks of June was the time for minor honey flow and during this period honey is mainly made from Eucalyptus species.
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