Implementation of a geographic information system (GIS) for the planning of beekeeping in the west region of Paraná

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a Geographic Information System (GIS), for storage of information and geographic location of apiaries in eight counties in western Paraná; study the local flora; the land used; and the honey productivity in the harvest of 2010 in two of these areas: Marechal Cândido Rondon and Santa Helena. In order to do so we used the software SPRING, delimiting a radius of action of bees of three kilometers around the apiaries. We interviewed and registered 126 beekeepers with 383 apiaries. By using the images we selected areas with greater and lower overlap of hives in Marechal Cândido Rondon (144 and 44 hives, respectively) and Santa Helena (165 and 40 hives, respectively), in a three kilometers radius, selecting 15 colonies in each area, for the study of the parameters cited. In the multivariate analysis of the grouping, five groups were formed, by their similarity of management, indicating the higher average production in the hives of the most populated area of Santa Helena and lower average production in the most populated of Marechal Cândido Rondon. The grouping of hives, the differences in the production of honey and floristic survey indicated that these differences could be associated with management, floristic and climatic differences recorded in the period of production, in the areas studied.

Pollen analysis of honey samples produced in the counties of Santa Helena and Terra Roxa, western Region of Paraná, Southern Brazil

“…This melissopalynological information confirms ones of Camargo et al (2014), that found, in floristic survey, greater plant diversity and greater presence of apicultural plants in Santa Helena than in Marechal Cândido Rondon, county with predominance of agriculture. The authors discussed that this greater floristic diversity allowed a greater honey production of the first county, although there was a greater overlap of the georeferenced apiaries areas.…”

“…In the Western region of Paraná, studies carried out with physical-chemical and pollen analyses of honey by Sekine et al (2013), Camargo et al (2014), Moraes et al (2014) and Sekine et al (2019) have characterized the region's honey. For the implementation of the Geographic Information System (GIS) by Camargo et al (2014), 383 apiaries of 126 beekeepers were mapped in eight counties of the microregion of Toledo, characterizing the activity composed of small, medium, and large producers (46%, 29%, and 25%, respectively), with a production representativity of 9%, 20%, and 71%, respectively.…”

Honey Characterization Based on Physicochemical Parameters using GIS Techniques: A Case Study in Selected States of Northern India

“…A small number of samples were of mixed honey (vegetables pollen honey) and multifloral honey. Rajasthan honey samples had HMF between 0.95-11 ppm, in which only one sample of Kota region had 11 ppm HMF and the remaining 99.99% range between 0.95-10 ppm [28][29][30][31]. Rajasthan samples had lower HMF followed by Uttar Pradesh but due to floral variation in Punjab different levels of HMF were found.…”

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“…Aumentar o profissionalismo, desenvolver sistemas modernos para melhor explorar a atividade, investir em estudos sobre aspectos da biologia da abelha, genética, comportamento, produção, composição do mel, caracterização geográfica das colmeias são ferramentas que podem ser utilizadas para melhorar a apicultura brasileira (Rúa et al, 2009;Camargo et al, 2014). É importante também, para essa atividade, o conhecimento das plantas usadas pelas abelhas.…”