Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Abebe Jenberie Wubie and Amssalu Bezabih Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 96 ISBN: 9783846524602
Описание
Floral inventory, pollen & indigenous knowledge analysis and physical honey quality determination procedures were carried out in sekota. Trapped pollen mellissopalynological analysis has confirmed that 45 species of flowering plants categorized in 27 families are found in the area and we have found that plants identified by indigenous beekeeping farmers have agreed with the results of this work insuring their indigenous knowledge is dependable for environmental analysis. Trapped & honey pollen analysis and other methodologies used have confirmed that Acacia tortolis, Bidens spp., Hypoestes trifolia, Ocimum bacilicum, Becium grandiflorum, Guizotia abyssinica, Echinops spp., Acacia seyal, Grewia bicolor, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Achyranthus spp. and Vernonia spp. are the major honeybee plants contributing 69.24% of the pollen as a food. In this work, from the honey pollen & physical honey quality analysis, it was also possible to confirm that honey produced in the area from these...
