Important Plants for Honey Production in Four Agro Ecological Zones of Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorOtim, Agnes S.
dc.contributor.authorKajobe, Robert
dc.contributor.authorAbila, Patrick P’Odyek
dc.contributor.authorKasangaki, Patrice
dc.contributor.authorEchodu, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-20T09:17:17Z
dc.date.available2022-11-20T09:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe diet of honey bees consists of protein-rich pollen and sugar-rich nectar collected separately or synchronously from flowers by foraging worker bees (Kajobe, 2006, 2007). These resources are collected in quantities that exceed colony demands and are stored for dearth periods. The nectar is converted into honey and pollen stored as bee bread (Anderson et al., 2014; Nicolson, 2011). While collecting nectar and pollen, bees deposit pollen from anthers to the stigma resulting in pollination and increased fruit set (Vidal, Jong, Wien, & Morse, 2010). In the USA, Morse and Calderone (2000) estimated the value of crop production achieved through pollination by honey bees alone at $14.6 billion. The value of honey production by bees in Africa is 169,306 tons (faostat.org 2013). Some plants have been observed to be heavily visited by the honey bees while others are less frequently visited (Bendifallah, Louadi, & Doumandji, 2013; Couvillon et al., 2015). Nectar and pollen resource depletion induced by prolonged wet seasons or overheating in the dry seasons is known to cause migration or absconding in African honey bees (Hepburn, 2006; Winston, Otis, & Taylor, 1978).en_US
dc.identifier.citationAgnes S. Otim, Robert Kajobe, Patrick P’Odyek Abila, Patrice Kasangaki & Richard Echodu (2019) Important Plants for Honey Production in Four Agro Ecological Zones of Uganda, Bee World, 96:3, 81-86, DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2019.1608892en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2019.1608892
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5349
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBee Worlden_US
dc.subjectPlantsen_US
dc.subjectHoney Productionen_US
dc.subjectAgro Ecological Zonesen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleImportant Plants for Honey Production in Four Agro Ecological Zones of Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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