Energetic supplementation for maintenance or development of Apis mellifera L. colonies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The nutritional requirements of honeybees (Apis mellifera) for their complete development need to be supplied through food sources available in the environment, since honeybees are insects that depend directly on blossoming food sources. However, at certain times a food-supply reduction can promote nutritional stress, thus necessitating food supplementation for maintenance or production stimulus of the colonies. Thus, the determination of optimal energy supplementation can assist in the maintenance and production of colonies.

Methods

Twenty Apis mellifera beehives were used (with five beehives per treatment): CTL, control (without feeding); SJ, sugarcane juice; SS, sugar syrup; and IS, inverted sucrose. We evaluated the food consumption, population d

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250130 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature