Major honey flows (plants, seasons)
The classification of a plant species as "important" honey bee plant often depends on different opinions of surveyed beekeepers, due to different criteria selecting and recognizing them (nectar flow, pollen amount, flowering period, quality, frequency of honey bee visits, …).
Ethiopia: Fichtl and Adi (1994) described 500 melliferious plants of Ethiopia. Among them are species from following families: Araliaceae (Schefflera abyssinica), Asparagaceae (Agave sisalana), Asteraceae (Bidens macroptera, Bidens pachyloma, Carduus camaecephalus, Carthamus tinctorius, Guizotia abyssinica & Guizotia scabra), Boraginaceae (Cordia africana), Cactaceae (Opuntia ficus-indica), Euphorbiaceae (Croton macrostachyus & Euphorbium candelabrum), Fabaceae (Acacia albia, Acacia seyal, Albizia spp. & Dichtrostachys cinera), Hypericaceae (Hypericum revolutum), Lamiaceae (Becium grandiflorum & Satureja punctata), Leguminosae (Cassia arereh), Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus globulus), Oleaceae (Olea Africana), Poaceae (Andropogon abyssinicus). It has to be mentioned, that there may be more relevant plant families [1] [2] [3]. In general, there are two seasons of honey harvesting: October - November and April - June (before and after rainy season) [4]
Indonesia:
References
- ↑ El Mahi A.G. & Magid T.D.A. (2014) The Potential of Acacia seyal as a Resourceful Tree for Gum Arabic in Sudan. Gum Arabic Board (Sudan). Khartoum -December 2014
- ↑ Gupta, R. K., Reybroeck, W., van Veen, J. W. & Gupta, A. (2014). Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood Security: Vol. 1: Technological Aspects of Beekeeping. Springer.
- ↑ Haftom G., Zelealem T., Girmay M. & Awet E. (2013). Seasonal honeybee forage availability, swarming, absconding and honey harvesting in Debrekidan and Begasheka Watersheds of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Livestock Research for RuralDevelopment 25(4)
- ↑ Gemechis L.Y. (2016). Honey Production and Marketing in Ethiopia. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America. 7(5), 248-253
