蜜蜂於夏季採集台灣綠蜂膠與蜂花粉的時間分佈

Time Distribution of Honey Bees Collecting Taiwanese Green Propolis and Pollen during Summer Season

葉琇如(Siou-Ru Ye) ； 陳嘉南(Chia-Nan Chen) ； 黃中洋(Chung-Yang Huang) ； 陳裕文(Yue-Wen Chen)

《台灣昆蟲》 30卷4期 (2010/12) Pp. 317-325

https://doi.org/10.6661/TESFE.2010024

摘要

Taiwanese green propolis possesses excellent bioactivities and are worthy of study. In order to investigate the distribution of the collecting times of Taiwanese green propolis, we investigated 6 randomly-chosen honey bee colonies in Mei-Shan, Chiayi. A pollen collector was put in front of the entrance to each hive from 8.00-18.00 hours for a 3 day period. Each 2 h collection of a single colony served as a sample, and thus a total of 90 samples were collected. The amount of green propolis and bee pollen samples were analyzed. The results showed that workers brought the majority (77% of the total amount) of the green propolis collected daily, back to the hive between 8.00 and 14.00 hours. The peak of the bee pollen collecting was between 8.00 and 10.00 hours (40.70±6.88%, mean±s.d.), after that the collection decreased significantly (p＜0.05). Overall the collection of pollen for the time period of 14.00 to 18.00 hours was only 9.5% of the total amount of pollen collected. These results indicate that the collecting behavior of Apis mellifera for both propolis and pollen peaks prior to 14.00 hours, and that the collection activity decreases substantially after 14.00 hours.

關鍵字

蜜蜂 ； 台灣綠蜂膠 ； 蜂花粉 ； 採集時間

並列摘要

Taiwanese green propolis possesses excellent bioactivities and are worthy of study. In order to investigate the distribution of the collecting times of Taiwanese green propolis, we investigated 6 randomly-chosen honey bee colonies in Mei-Shan, Chiayi. A pollen collector was put in front of the entrance to each hive from 8.00-18.00 hours for a 3 day period. Each 2 h collection of a single colony served as a sample, and thus a total of 90 samples were collected. The amount of green propolis and bee pollen samples were analyzed. The results showed that workers brought the majority (77% of the total amount) of the green propolis collected daily, back to the hive between 8.00 and 14.00 hours. The peak of the bee pollen collecting was between 8.00 and 10.00 hours (40.70±6.88%, mean±s.d.), after that the collection decreased significantly (p＜0.05). Overall the collection of pollen for the time period of 14.00 to 18.00 hours was only 9.5% of the total amount of pollen collected. These results indicate that the collecting behavior of Apis mellifera for both propolis and pollen peaks prior to 14.00 hours, and that the collection activity decreases substantially after 14.00 hours.

並列關鍵字

Apis mellifera ； Taiwanese green propolis ； bee pollen ； collecting time