Number of melliferous plants and important literature
Ethiopia: The most important melliferous plants are well documented. Fichtl & Adi (1994) described over 500 species of melliferous plants in Ethiopia (400 herbs/shrubs and 100 trees). [1] Another important book by Admasu et al. (2014) describes nearly 400 important species. [2] Abera (2017) also describes important plants focussing on the south-eastern region of Ethiopia. [3] Assemu et al. (2013) listed the 27 most important melliferous plants for the western Amhara region and summarized them in a floral calendar. [4] Nevertheless, a floral calendar covering all regions of Ethiopia does not exist! In addition a book entitled "Atlas of honey plant pollen grain" was published by Nuru (2007), containing pictures and descriptions of pollen grains and their morphological structure. [5]
Indonesia: So far, there is no literature available on important melliferous plants in Indonesia, but there is a study by Jasmi (2017) which describes important forage plants for A. cerana in polyculture plantation. [6] Due to the similar biology and behaviour of A. cerana and A. mellifera, we assume that the described plants serve also as food sources for the introduced A. mellifera species. A floral calendar is also missing for Indonesia.
References
- ↑ Fichtl, R., & Adi, A. (1994). Honeybee Flora of Ethiopia. Margraf Verlag Germany.
- ↑ Admasu, A., Kibebew, W., Ensermu, K., & Amssalu, B. (2014). Honeybee Forages of Ethiopia. Holeta Bee Research Center, Ethiopia.
- ↑ Abera, H. D. (2017). Identification of Honey Source Bee Floras During Major and Minor Honey Harvesting Seasons in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Environment and Earth Science. 7(3), 25-32.
- ↑ Assemu, T., Kerealem, E., & Adebabay, K. (2013). Assessment of Current Beekeeping Management Practice and Honey Bee Floras of Western Amhara, Ethiopia. Inter J Agri Biosci, 2(5), 196-201.
- ↑ Amssalu, B. (2016). Apiculture Research Achievements, Challenges and Future Prospects in Ethiopia. In: Agricultural Research for Ethiopian Renaissance Challenges, Opportunities and Directions. Proceedings of the National Conference on Agricultural Research for Ethiopian Renaissance. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- ↑ Jasmi (2017). Diversity and blooming season of food sources plant of Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in polyculture plantation in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas, 18(1), 34-40.
