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 in Ethiopia (400 herbs/shrubs and 100 trees). [1] Another important book by Admasu et al. (2014) describes nearly 400 important species. [2] Abera (2017) also describes important plants focussing on the south-eastern region of Ethiopia. [3] Nevertheless, 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 forage plants for A. cerana in polyculture plantation. [4] Due to the similar biology and behaviour of A. cerana and A. mellifera, we assume that the described plants serve also as food sources for the introduced A. mellifera species.
References
- ↑ Fichtl, R. & Adi, A. (1994). Honeybee Flora of Ethiopia. Margraf Verlag Germany.
- ↑ Admasu, A., Kibebew, W., Ensermu, K., & Amssalu, B. (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.
