Effect of Supplemental Feeding of Honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Populations and the Economic Value of Supplemental Feeding for Production of Package-Bees

Autor:	Ying-Shin Peng, Osman Kaftanoglu, Jerry M. Marston
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Ecology biology Apidae Population Continuous feeding General Medicine Hymenoptera biology.organism_classification Animal science Insect Science Botany behavior and behavior mechanisms PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT education Sugar Torula yeast
Zdroj:	Journal of Economic Entomology. 77:632-636
ISSN:	1938-291X 0022-0493
DOI:	10.1093/jee/77.3.632
Popis:	In an attempt to determine the effect of feeding on Apis mellifera L. populations and the economic value of feeding colonies for spring production of package-bees, a feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding time and feeding treatments on the A. mellifera population, and to compare the cost with the benefit of feeding. Colonies produced significantly more bees from fall feeding than from spring feeding or continuous feeding from fall to spring ( P < 0.01; analysis of variance). Colonies fed with protein supplement containing 21% protein from Torula yeast and/or syrup also produced significantly more bees than unfed control colonies ( P < 0.05; Duncan’s multiple range test). Colonies fed with ⅓ the amount of protein supplement in the fall had the potential to yield high adult bee populations and a net gain in production of package-bees. Feeding sugar syrup in spring was less profitable than feeding protein supplement in fall.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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