Short Communication: Floral diversity of honey bee-collected pollen (Apis cerana) colonies in the Ir. H. Djuanda Forest Park, West Java, Indonesia

Nuriyah, Syayidah; Husodo, Teguh; Hermawan, Wawan; Yusuf, Arief Anshory; Kasmara, Hikmat; Kusmoro, Joko; Wulandari, I Gusti Agung Ayu; Shanida, Sya Sya

doi:10.13057/nusbiosci/n130208

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“…These studies helped to identify the sources of nectar and pollen over the years and by regions (Sajwani et al 2007). However, most of the work has focused on A. mellifera worldwide, including in India (Sharma 1970; Chaturvedi 1973; Atanassova and Lazarova 2010), while little has been done on A. cerana (Suwannapong et al 2013; Pradeepa and Belavadi 2017; Nuriyah et al 2021).…”

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Diversity matters: Diet of Apis cerana in southeast India includes one consistently occurring and several seasonally available floral sources

Lazar,

Prasad,

Barboni

et al. 2023

Palynology

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Little is known about the agroecological implications of the Asian honey bee Apis cerana Fabricius in its vast native range including southeast India. To identify the foraging preferences of this generalist species, we collected 388 corbicular pollen samples over three years at Merveille, an eco-restoration site in Puducherry region, southeast India. Pollen was collected twice or thrice weekly from March 2018 to December 2021 in three locations within the site. We used canonical correspondence analysis to evaluate how average daily temperature, humidity and other meteorological changes over the years would influence A. cerana's diet. We show that (1) A. cerana has a large dietary niche (87 pollen taxa), but essentially feeds on Cocos nucifera (all year long) and on Borassus flabellifer, Turnera, Acacia, Mollugo/Trianthema, Leucaena/Prosopis, Portulaca, Poaceae, Syzygium-t, Dodonaea viscosa and Boerhavia seasonally; these were most frequently and abundantly foraged at all locations. (2) In all locations, bees preferentially feed on arboreal plants (44 taxa). (3) Bees' pollen diet varies in composition according to seasons. It is also least diverse in the hottest and driest months (March-May) with 2–4 taxa against 7–13 taxa in other months. (4) In 2021, which was more humid and slightly cooler than 2018 and 2019, bee diet included more pollen of Cyperaceae, Dodonaea viscosa, Liliaceae and fallow land weeds such as Boerhavia and Mimosa pudica. In conclusion, corbicular pollen loads of Apis cerana provide a long and continuous record of the bee's diet and its changes through time and space. The diet changed according to subtle changes in humidity and temperature as also drastic changes in rainfall at the study site, likely reflecting changes in the floral resource availability and the bees' preference. The sustained presence of this bee species within its native ranges can be a bellwether of pollinator friendly habitats.

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Diversity matters: Diet of Apis cerana in southeast India includes one consistently occurring and several seasonally available floral sources

Lazar,

Prasad,

Barboni

et al. 2023

Palynology

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“…The nest that contains queen bee larvae usually contains royal jelly much more than for workers and drones larvae, which was impacted on the faster growth and bigger body size (De Souza et al 2018). Pollen is essential for sexual reproduction (Nuriyah et al 2021).…”

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Improving the larvae acceptance rate and morphometric characteristics of queen Apis cerana javana by grafting larvae at different ages

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Abstract. Ustadi, Ikhsan N, Junus M, Suyadi. 2021. Improving the larvae acceptance rate and morphometric characteristics of queen Apis cerana javana by grafting larvae at different ages. Biodiversitas 23: 166-170. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of different ages of grafted larvae on the acceptance rate and morphometric characteristics of queen Apis cerana javana Fabr. The total of 72 larvae were 1, 2, and 3 days old and was reared in 7 colonies with 3 treatments (larvae age) and 6 replications. The morphometrics studied consisted of body length, emergence weight, head length, head width, thorax length, thorax width, fore wing length, fore wing width, abdomen length, and abdomen width. The results showed that the different ages of grafted larvae had a highly significant on body length, emergence weight (P<0.01), significant on abdomen length (P<0.05), but not on head length, head width, thorax length, thorax width, fore wing length, fore wing width, abdomen width, acceptance rate. However, the higher acceptance rate was 73.33% to be found in 1 day old of larvae than in 2 and 3 days old. The age of grafted larvae of 1 day old has a higher body length, emergence weight, and abdomen length (P<0.05) than in 2 and 3 days old of larvae. Thus, it can be concluded that the age of grafted larvae of 1 day old was the best age to queen rearing of Apis cerana javana.

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Short Communication: Floral diversity of honey bee-collected pollen (Apis cerana) colonies in the Ir. H. Djuanda Forest Park, West Java, Indonesia

Cited by 2 publications

References 20 publications

Diversity matters: Diet of Apis cerana in southeast India includes one consistently occurring and several seasonally available floral sources

Diversity matters: Diet of Apis cerana in southeast India includes one consistently occurring and several seasonally available floral sources

Improving the larvae acceptance rate and morphometric characteristics of queen Apis cerana javana by grafting larvae at different ages

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