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

Abstract

Kelulut cultivation (meliponiculture) has the potential to be developed in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) due to the availability of abundant natural bee forage resources. The meliponiculture in NTB is generally still on a home garden-based scale. However, the lack of public knowledge about the variety of plants that produce nectar, pollen, and resin throughout the year is an obstacle to the development of meliponiculture. This study aims to identify the variety of the bee forage and identify constraints and opportunities for developing its cultivation. The results showed that 30 species of plants have the potential as bee forage sources, consisting of seasonal and herbaceous plants. All these plants produce pollen, in which 27 species produce pollen and nectar, and only six can produce all pollen, nectar, and resin. Based on the identification results, there are five obstacles and five opportunities in meliponiculture at the research site. The main obstacle was the lack of knowledge about the economic and ecological prospects of meliponiculture. At the same time, the opportunity for cultivation is enormous due to the availability of abundant bee forage resources. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct counseling and training on the economic and ecological prospects of meliponiculture, potential food sources, colony maintenance, and post-harvest processing.

Peningkatan Keterampilan Meliponikultur Bagi Generasi Milenial Melalui Praktik Pengelolaan Lebah Kelulut Di Desa Padang Panjang Kabupaten Banjar

“…Lebah kelulut juga sering mengunjungi bunga-bunga tanaman liar di hutan atau tumbuhan yang tumbuh di lingkungan alami (Wahyuningsih et al, 2022). Ada sekitar 19 jenis tanaman bunga di kawasan Bukit Bandangan yang menjadi sumber pakan Lebah kelulut daintaranya bunga karet, karamunting, putri malu, pepaya, durian, aren, kopi, asoka, bunga matahari dan aster (Tabel 1.)…”

Pendampingan Budidaya Madu Lebah Kelulut pada Masyarakat Desa Arang Limbung Kecamatan Sungai Raya Kabupaten Kubu Raya Provinsi Kalimantan Barat

“…Madu lebah kelulut berasa manis dan sedikti asam, sehingga terkesan unik dibandingkan dengan madu lebah hutan, tetapi teksturnya lebih encer sampai kadar air berkisar antara 30-50% (Harjanto, et al, 2020), dibandingkan dengan madu lebah hutan yang bisa mengandung kadar air sampai 10-15% saja (Syaifudin & Normagiat., 2020). Karakteristik warna kelulut secara fisik seperti warna dan rasa sangat tergantung pada lingkungan tempat pembudidayaannya seperti jenis pohon atau bunga yang ada di sekitarnya (Wahyuningsih, et al, 2022), musim hujan atau kemarau yang menyebabkan terjadinya perubahan intensitas matahari. Selain mempengaruhi karakteristik fisik madu yang dihasilkan, perubahan cuaca pun sangat berefek terhadap ketahanan kelulut untuk tetap eksis berada dalam sarangnya yang sudah dikondisikan sama dengan habitat aslinya.…”

Pollination biology of yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis forma flavicarpa) at typical Indonesian small-scale farming

“…Also, plenty of alternative food plants are commonly available in Indonesia's typical home garden (Motzke et al 2016;Wahyuningsih et al 2022). Therefore, the result also could be interpreted as the potency of passion fruit to be applied as part of Xylocopa and other big-size wild bees conservation programs as a food plant.…”