Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L

The present research work was conducted to assess the impact of nutrient-enriched diet on the physiological activities and subsequently honey yield. Eighteen colonies of Apis mellifera L. were selected from Dera Ismail Khan region, KPK, Pakistan, during the winter and summer seasons, 2019–2020. Five...

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Autores principales:	Ayat Ullah, Muhammad Faisal Shahzad, Jamshaid Iqbal, Muhammad Safdar Baloch
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Honey bee colonies Diets Palatable Profit Bee strength Brood area Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:862b090bfa3b48e9a7d53a259ca2e8532021-11-20T04:56:32ZNutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L1319-562X10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.067https://doaj.org/article/862b090bfa3b48e9a7d53a259ca2e8532021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X21006501https://doaj.org/toc/1319-562XThe present research work was conducted to assess the impact of nutrient-enriched diet on the physiological activities and subsequently honey yield. Eighteen colonies of Apis mellifera L. were selected from Dera Ismail Khan region, KPK, Pakistan, during the winter and summer seasons, 2019–2020. Five pollen supplement diets were prepared and provided to screen out the palatable one to be fed as pollen alternative nutrition to bee bread. Results of diet consumption regarding mean data for consumption rate displayed that soybean flour enriched artificial diet was maximally consumed (74.34 g) by honey bees per week. Minimum consumption was observed for grinded groundnut enriched diet (64.62 g) which was relatively lesser than the other tested artificial diets. Results of area of worker brood disclosed that soybean flour fortified diet (1489.27 cm2/colony) statistically noteworthy than the other artificial diets whereas control (463.51 cm2/colony) was least effective. Highest bee strength (10.00 bee frames/colony) was noted in the bee colonies fed with soybean flour fortified diet, date paste (8.0 bee frames/colony) was the next effective one, among the tested pollen replacement diets whereas relatively least (5 bee frames/colony) was noticed in case of grinded groundnut. Highest body weight (12.41 g) of neonate bees was noted in case of soybean enriched diet while lowermost (5.31 g) was noted in control bees. Results of wax cell built up and foraging efficiency were also superior in artificial diets than respective control bees. Hence, artificial diets especially soybean-enriched pollen alternative diet can boost up the physiology of honey bee leading to increased honey yield and profit.Ayat UllahMuhammad Faisal ShahzadJamshaid IqbalMuhammad Safdar BalochElsevierarticleHoney bee coloniesDietsPalatableProfitBee strengthBrood areaBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENSaudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol 28, Iss 12, Pp 6861-6868 (2021)
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topic	Honey bee colonies Diets Palatable Profit Bee strength Brood area Biology (General) QH301-705.5
spellingShingle	Honey bee colonies Diets Palatable Profit Bee strength Brood area Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ayat Ullah Muhammad Faisal Shahzad Jamshaid Iqbal Muhammad Safdar Baloch Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L
description	The present research work was conducted to assess the impact of nutrient-enriched diet on the physiological activities and subsequently honey yield. Eighteen colonies of Apis mellifera L. were selected from Dera Ismail Khan region, KPK, Pakistan, during the winter and summer seasons, 2019–2020. Five pollen supplement diets were prepared and provided to screen out the palatable one to be fed as pollen alternative nutrition to bee bread. Results of diet consumption regarding mean data for consumption rate displayed that soybean flour enriched artificial diet was maximally consumed (74.34 g) by honey bees per week. Minimum consumption was observed for grinded groundnut enriched diet (64.62 g) which was relatively lesser than the other tested artificial diets. Results of area of worker brood disclosed that soybean flour fortified diet (1489.27 cm2/colony) statistically noteworthy than the other artificial diets whereas control (463.51 cm2/colony) was least effective. Highest bee strength (10.00 bee frames/colony) was noted in the bee colonies fed with soybean flour fortified diet, date paste (8.0 bee frames/colony) was the next effective one, among the tested pollen replacement diets whereas relatively least (5 bee frames/colony) was noticed in case of grinded groundnut. Highest body weight (12.41 g) of neonate bees was noted in case of soybean enriched diet while lowermost (5.31 g) was noted in control bees. Results of wax cell built up and foraging efficiency were also superior in artificial diets than respective control bees. Hence, artificial diets especially soybean-enriched pollen alternative diet can boost up the physiology of honey bee leading to increased honey yield and profit.
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author	Ayat Ullah Muhammad Faisal Shahzad Jamshaid Iqbal Muhammad Safdar Baloch
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title	Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L
title_short	Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L
title_full	Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L
title_fullStr	Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L
title_full_unstemmed	Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L
title_sort	nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of apis mellifera l
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Nutritional effects of supplementary diets on brood development, biological activities and honey production of Apis mellifera L

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