INLUENCE OF ENERGETIC SOURCES ON THE LONGEVITY OF BEES (Apis mellifera L.) UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

Authors

  • Talita Soares de Araújo Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Rosilene Agra da Silva Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Anderson Bruno Anacleto de Andrade Universidade Federal de Alagoas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-8660
  • Arthur Vinicius Dimas dos Santos Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Gilmara Lima Gonçalves de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Chrístian Inácio dos Santos Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Keywords:

Beekeeping, Artificial feeding, Bee mortality.

Abstract

Beekeeping is an activity that depends on several factors among them the environment. In times where the food for bees is scarce it is necessary to opt for artificial feeding, where it is necessary to know the foods that will be offered the bees. This research was aimed at evaluating the influence of energy supply sources on the longevity of worker bees (Apis mellifera L.) in vitro. The energy sources evaluated were the mixture of pollen (10%) and icing sugar (90%), only icing sugar (100%), a mixture of pollen (10%) and honey (90%) and icing sugar (90%) and honey (10%). Freshly-emerged bees were collected from honeycombs and placed in groups of 20 bees in wood cages, with controlled environment, where the due feeds were served and recorded the survey of the number of dead bees daily The work was conducted in fully randomized experimental design, with four treatments x six repetitions. Survival analysis of worker bees was performed using Survival Curves compared by the non-parametric Log-Rank test. The results showed that the feeding of the pollen mixture (10%) and sugar (90%) was the one that provided the best results in relation to the longevity of the bees, as opposed to feeding only sugar where it presented the lowest longevity index.

Author Biography

Rosilene Agra da Silva, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Possui graduação em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2000), mestrado em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2003) e doutorado em Programa de Doutorado Integrado Em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2006). Atualmente é professor Associado II da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande. Tem experiência na área de Zootecnia, com ênfase em Criação de Animais, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: identificação da flora apícola do nordeste brasileiro; caracterização físico-química e análise sensorial de mel, leite e carnes; sistemas de produção e cadeia produtiva da apicultura, bovinocultura, ovinocaprinocultura, avicultura; forragicultura.

Published

2019-10-30

How to Cite

Araújo, T. S. de, Silva, R. A. da, Andrade, A. B. A. de, Santos, A. V. D. dos, Oliveira, G. L. G. de, & Santos, C. I. dos. (2019). INLUENCE OF ENERGETIC SOURCES ON THE LONGEVITY OF BEES (Apis mellifera L.) UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. Caderno Verde De Agroecologia E Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 9(1), 03. Retrieved from https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/CVADS/article/view/6871

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