Number of melliferous plants and important literature
Ethiopia: The most important melliferous plants are well documented. Fichtl & Adi (1994) described over 500 species of melliferous plants among Ethiopia (400 herbs/shrubs and 100 trees). [1] Another important book by Admasu et al. describes nearly 400 important species. [2] Abera (2017) also describes important plants for the south-eastern region of Ethiopia. [3] Nethertheless, a floral calendar covering all regions in Ethiopia does not exist!
Indonesia: So far, there is no literature available on important melliferous plants in Indonesia, but there is a study by JASMI (2017) which describes important melliferous plants for A. cerana in polyculture plantation. [4]
References
- ↑ Fichtl R. & Adi A. (1994). Honeybee Flora of Ethiopia. Margraf Verlag Germany.
- ↑ Admasu, Kibebew, Ensermu & Amssalu (2014). Honeybee Forages of Ethiopia. Holeta Bee Research Centre, Ethiopia.
- ↑ Abera H.D. (2017). Identification of Honey Source Bee Floras During Major and Minor Honey Harvesting Seasons in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Environment and Earth Science. 7(3), 25-32.
- ↑ JASMI(2017). Diversity and blooming season of food sources plant of Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in polyculture plantation in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas, 18(1), 34-40.
