Beekeeping in Jordan

Robinson, Willard S.

doi:10.1080/0005772x.1981.11097825

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“…No thorough attention has been given to diseases and pests that aff ect honeybees in Jordan. Our knowledge on honeybee pests and diseases in Jordan was summarized by short-term observation of Robinson (1981) who reported fi ve common pest species. Th is fi rst report on the occurrence and distribution of honeybee diseases and parasites was also updated and extended to nine species by study made by Nazer & Rateb (1989).…”

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Incidence and Geographical Distribution of Honeybee (Apis melliferaL.) Pests in Jordan

Al-Ghzawi

Zaitoun

Shannag

2009

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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The occurrence and distribution of pests of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) in Jordan were surveyed during the agricultural seasons of 1999 and 2000. A total of 800 colonies in 112 apiaries were chosen from different geographical regions that support beekeeping in Jordan. Honeybee colonies are attacked by 21 pest species in different areas of Jordan. The most distributed pests which cause considerable damage are Varroa destructor, Vespa orientalis, Galleria melonella, Dorylus fulvus, Braula orientalis, Merops apiaster, Hirundo rustica, Hirundo daurica and Merops orientalis. Other pests of minor importance to beekeeping were also recorded. Most of the recorded pests were appeared in both the Jordan Valley and Irbid regions. Résumé. Incidence et distribution géographique des ravageurs de l'abeille domestique en Jordanie. L'occurence et la distribution des ravageurs de l'abeille domestique (Apis mellifera L.) en Jordanie on été surveillées durant les saisons agricoles de 1999 et 2000. Un total de 800 colonies dans 112 ruchers ont été choisis de différentes régions géographiques où l'apiculture est pratiquée en Jordanie. Les ravageurs les plus répandus et qui cause des dommages considérables sont les suivants : Varroa destructor, Vespa orientalis, Galleria melonella, Dorylus fulvus, Braula orientalis, Merops apiaster, Hirundo rustica, Hirundo daurica et Merops orientalis. D'autres ravageurs d'importance mineure ont aussi été observés. La plupart des ravageurs observés l'ont été dans la vallée du Jourdain et dans la région d'Irbid.

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Incidence and Geographical Distribution of Honeybee (Apis melliferaL.) Pests in Jordan

Al-Ghzawi

Zaitoun

Shannag

2009

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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“…Bee foraging plants and honey pollen analyses in Arab countries including Egypt were studied by Robinson, 1981;Hussein, 1997&2000;Al-Abd El-Qader, 1998;El-Eid, 1998;Abdilla and Vorwohl, 1998;Al-Khalifa and Al-Arify, 1999;Reyahi, 1999;Al-Jabr and Nour, 2001;El-Katheri, 2002;Terrab et al, 2003;Díez et al, 2004;Rateb, 2005 andDamhoureyeh, 2007. Meanwhile, as far as known to us there is no studies on the structure of pollen pellets gathered from foragers have been done, accordingly, less knowledge is available about the pollen loads of honey bee worker foragers in urban and suburban areas.…”

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Seasonal Diversity and Species Richness of Pollen Through Body Surface Pollen Analysis of Honey Bees.

Rateb

Kelany

Omar

2022

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology

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The present study was carried out in two regions of Upper Egypt, (Assiut and Sohag governorates) to verify qualitative and quantitative pollen types on the bodies of honey bee foragers through body surface pollen analysis. It was conducted by taking weekly samples of incoming nectar foragers, collected directly from apiaries, during the blooming season (from March to September). The blooming season was divided into three periods as follows: first period (early spring: March and April), the second period (late spring: May and June), and third period (summer: July to September). The results showed that, in the Assiut area, there were twenty-one plant species belonging to sixteen botanical families, while in the Sohag area, there were 14 plant species belonging to 9 plant families during the blooming season. In the first period, Foeniculum vulgare and Eucalyptus globules in the Assiut area, and Brassica kaber and Eucalyptus globules were classified as secondary pollen types and labeled as nectariferous plants, while Phoenix dactylifera was labeled as a polleniferous plant in both areas. Thus, the honey yield would be bifloral honey in both regions in this period. While during the second period, the dominant pollen type in both regions belonged to the Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), and the other pollen was labeled as a minor pollen type. Therefore, the type of honey would be monofloral honey (clover honey). In the third period, eucalyptus pollen was the dominant pollen, followed by Alfalfa's pollen as the secondary pollen type in the Assiut area. So, the honey yield would be dominated by eucalyptus nectar. On the contrary, alfalfa's pollen (Medicago sativa) was the dominant pollen, and the other pollen was classified as a minor pollen type in the Sohag area. Hence, the honey yield would be dominated by alfalfa nectar. Knowledge about the polleniferous and nectariferous plant sources is essential for bee conservation. as well, as contributing toward the prediction of the expected honey yield type. Consequently, more studies in many areas of Upper Egypt are necessitated.

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“…Bee foraging plants and pollen analyses of kinds of honey in Arab countries were studied by Robinson, 1981;Hussein, 1997Hussein, , 2000Al-Abd El-Qader, 1998;El-Eid, 1998;Abdilla and Vorwohl, 1998;Al Khalifa and Arify, 1999;Reyahi, 1999;Al-Jabr and Nour, 2001;El-Katheri, 2002;Terrab et al, 2003;Diez et al, 2004;Rateb, 2005 andDamhoureyeh, 2007. Apis florea and A. dorsata, build a single comb in an exposed area because they do not nest in cavities and have no way of protecting their nests, they are found only in the tropics. However, the climatic changes in the last decades and the transmission of A. florea colonies by man and/or ships, lead to expansion of the areal of the Red dwarf honey bee distribution to subtropical countries, such as Jordan, Palestine, and properly south of Sinai, Egypt.…”

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