Identifikasi Tumbuhan Penghasil Polen dari Madu Lebah Tanpa Sengat di Belitung

Abstract


 
 
 Stingless bees forage to the flower for nectar and at the same time, pollen also trapped in the body hairs of the bees. Mostly pollen was concentrated into the pollen basket and transferred to the pollen and honey pot in the stingless bee nest. Pollen is male gametophytes of seed plants which have various of shapes, sizes, and ornamentations. This palynology study was aimed to identify the plants of pollen source that were found in honey of stingless bee Heterotrigona itama and Tetragonula laeviceps in Belitung and to analyze characteristics of the pollen. Pollen was extracted from honey and conducted the acetolysis and identification of the pollen in honey. We found 11 and 19 plant species as pollen soirce in the honey of H. itama and T. laeviceps, respectively. Pollen from Macaranga tanarius (23.72%) and Cocos nucifera (22.53%) were the two most dominant species on the H. itama honey. Pollen from Ageratum conyzoides (16.36%) are most often found in T. laeviceps honey. The most common pollen in honey of H. itama and T. laeviceps were from Arecaceae with a total of three species. Pollen from plants with tree habitus is most commonly found in honey of both species of stingless bees.
 
 

Identification of pollen as afood resource for honey bees (Apis binghami) in the village of Bonto Manurung, District of Tompobulu, Regency of Maros

“…Melissopalynology is a method used to identify bee food sources through pollen identification in bee bread and pollen contaminants in honey. The pollen forms align with the findings of studies by [17]; [18]; [19].…”

Variation of plant species as feed sources in honey beekeeping in Jambi and South Sumatera Indonesia

“…In the case of plants with flowers that appear throughout the year, such Coral vine A. leptopus, shorter distances will allow stingless bees to get food quickly. It was under research [14], which reported that the body size of the stingless bee was small because its ability to fly was not too far from the nest. Pratama et al [15] reported that Trigona stingless bees look for food sources at a maximum distance of 497m.…”

Identifikasi Diversitas Sumber Pakan Lebah Berbasis Lahan Pekarangan pada Meliponikultur (Identification of Bee Forage Sources Diversity Based on Home Garden in Meliponicultural)

“…Tanaman herba seperti nanas, maman ungu, rumput ekor kucing, kumpai segitiga, rumput para, dan bandotan, mudah ditemukan, pertumbuhannya cepat, dan sebagian besar dapat berbunga sepanjang tahun dan tidak dipengaruhi oleh iklim (Rismayanti et al, 2015). Diversifikasi jenis tanaman potensial untuk sumber pakan lebah madu sangat penting untuk pengembangan budi daya lebah madu karena dapat memengaruhi perkembangan lebah serta produksi madu, propolis dan bee bread (Agussalim et al, 2017;Priambudi et al, 2021;Wahyuningsih et al, 2021). Resin diperlukan oleh lebah kelulut untuk membuat sarang, melindungi sarang dari bakteri dan jamur serta menghasilkan produk berupa propolis (Bankova et al, 2002;Hasan et al, 2019;Ivančajić et al, 2010).…”