Inventory of Plants For Bees

Before the bees bred, prospective beekeepers need to make observations of plants and inventory in advance. He must hold exploration acreage throughout the 2-3 km radius. data that must be recorded include species, age, number, broad, flowering time, the spread, the source of clean water, and the natural enemies of bees.
The collected data is processed, the results are mapped. Thus, the overall picture can be obtained on the condition of flowering plants in the area to determine the exact place as the center of apiculture.
The following types of plants that can be used as a source of feed bees.
1. Forest plants
 2. Overlapping plant or Karang Kitri Sari
 3. Plants Fruits
 D. Plants Frequently Visited Bees
The types of plants or plants in the country frequented by bees is fennel, albasia, apples, sugar, acids, scale, bligo, starfruit, daisies, sunflowers, Cerme, pomegranate, corn, guava, guava, guava bol , jengkol, jukut lamuran, jukut riut, peanuts, kapok, rubber, soybeans, longan, moringa, basil, wedding flowers, yellow, amethyst, kesambi, coriander, coffee, lamtoro, lychee, passion fruit, mundu, NamNam, pineapple, oleander, the aring, rice, nutmeg, ari girlfriend, paci-paci, banana banana, rambutan, Rengas, sago, barking, greetings, kecik sapodilla, sapodilla manila, watermelon, sembung, soursop, tobacco, tea, cucumber, hibiscus, sesame, and carrots.


E. Typical flower honey
Quality of honey depends on the flowers honey producers. Judging from the types of flowers the bees are a source of food, there are several types of flower honey. Honey sembung, derived from Vernonia arvborea sembung interest. Honey brown, thick, petrified quickly (there are lumps in the sugar) and can be stored longer. Honey or kapok kapok (Ceiba pentandra), yellow-brown, rather thick, quite tasty, and can be stored longer. Java kapok honey season lasts from May to late July. Of the total production of honey collected by beekeepers East Java, 75% is contributed by kapok flower honey Honey durian (Durio zibethimus), yellow, watery, and sometimes it feels a bit bitter. Honey orange (Citrus sp.), Yellow, watery, and sometimes it feels a bit bitter. Honey coffee (Coffea sp.), Dark red, watery, and it tastes good, and can be retained for long. Honey dadap (Erythria sp.), Colored dark red, watery, and the taste. Honey coconut (Cocos nucifera) and palm (Arenga piñata), dark brown, watery, and it was a bit sour. This honey bercendawan fast decay if stored in damp places. This fungus can be reduced if pre-recorded, honey preheated at a temperature between 55-60oC for eight hours. eucalyptus honey, produced in Australia in the natural forests of eucalyptus. The plant is a good honey producers because of high nectar sugar content. Pollen is a protein source for bees, which affect the level of culture and the life of bees. Honey forest, usually derived from the types of flowers such as sembung and kesambi. Honey yellow color, somewhat thick, and taste good.
F. Depending Management
The extent of the honey crop is highly dependent on the management and the number of plants that honey contains a lot of interest around the center of beekeeping.In KUD Stone has 625 colonies of bees, honey outcome could reach 25 tons. The new number is 75% from the target of 33 tons per year. The average honey production is measure 40 KUD Stone kg per stup per year. This production is much higher than average, ratan produsi other beekeepers are only about 14-20 kg per stup, even with only 8 kg per stup.Readiness factor in harvest honey bees determine the amount of production, but this is often overlooked breeder. Readiness bee colonies supported by a number of worker bees in a stup. Bee colonies in order to be better prepared, the less productive the queen bee needs to be replaced and feed supply enough reserves available. If this important step is done, the risk of failure will be reduced honey crop.Beekeepers in the area that has plants that bloom throughout the year or any kind of flowering in turn, potentially as a honey-producing areas are ongoing throughout the year. Examples of this region is the coffee or cotton plantation adjacent to the oil, or coffee or cotton plantations adjacent to forests. In coconut plantations or areas close to forests, bees can get food in sufficient quantities throughout the year. Beekeepers here does not need to be moved somewhere to develop bees. Honey harvest takes place during the spring of cotton or coffeeHoney can be made into a viscous liquid with the store for two weeks in the lime life near atu drying sema week in the panic that dried in the sun. Honey stored in airtight containers to prevent acidity

SOURCE PLANT FEED BEE

Penyerbukaan is pollen transfer events from the stamens to the stigma of a flower is to produce seeds that will be candidates for new plants. Events that could occur through wind or insects to help pollinate.Bees are one of the important pollinating insects intermediaries. When bees alighting on a flower, pollen stuck all over his hairy body. When bees visit other flowers, some falling pollen and pollinate flowers on plants recently visited it.Honey bee breeding business success is largely determined by the accuracy of determining the location of the farm in a place that is rich in plant food source for bees. In addition, the density of bee plant food resources also determine the volume of production. A honey bee colony requires a minimum of about one acre bee feed resources.When dense flowering plants, bees will fly back and forth busy gathering nectar and pollen of flowers. Serngga it will try to collect and fill stomachs with honey nectar. Upon arriving at the nest, all contents poured, processed, and stored as a backup feed.A. Sources Feed BeesAll kinds of flowering plants (plants of forest, agricultural crops, plantation crops, horticultural crops, and wild plants) that contain elements of nectar as an ingredient of honey, pollen, and propolis can be used as a source of feed bees. To develop the beekeeping industry, farmers are required to have knowledge about the types of plants visited by many bees.In areas where rainfall is high enough there are many types of flowering plants continuously throughout the year. Worse, in a very rich source of this flower bee honey does not have the instinct to hoard food supplies. As a result, the production of honey is less satisfactory. Only the forest bee Apis dorsata capable backup feed menimbung (honey) in large quantities.In the area of ​​real dry season, the honey bee has the instinct to hoard supplies as drought in the dry season. In the area of ​​Yucatan (Mexico), a dry climate, per bee colonies maintained an average yield of 140 kg of honey per year.
 
B. Good Flowering PlantsPembudidayakan honey bees need pollen and nectar in sufficient quantity and available continuously throughout the year. However, not all plants produce nectar, pollen, or nectar and pollen constantly. Therefore, in the honey bee pembudidayakan known plant source of the nectar and pollen major, another source of nectar and pollen sources of support.The main source of nectar and pollen from plants kapok (Ceiba petandra) which locations are spread in Java in Batang, Kendal, Jepara and Pati (Central Java), as well as Pasuruan and Banyuwangi (East Java). Flowering season ranges from June to August. Another source of nectar and December include rubber, coffee, longan, durian, and rambutan.Month from January to May, grazing honeybee pollen source location support, namely corn. At that time additional food in the form of sugar syrup is needed to replace the nectar is not available in the field.Agricultural crops such as soybeans, peppers, cabbage, beans, onions, apples, and mangoes are also a source of feed bees. Unfortunately, relatively very short flowering season.Combination kaliandra plant (Calliandra callotyrsus) with coconut (Cocos nucife) or kaliandra with various shrub can be used for apiary Apis indica that is settled. The combination of plants that can provide continuous feed bees throughout the year.Flowering plants good for bees feed source must meet the following requirements. flowers that contain nectar and pollen easily taken in by bees. The plants were available in large quantities, close to the center lebh maintenance within 2-3 km radius to be afforded by the flying bees. The plant has a flowering season rotation, so the flowering season is expected to take place throughout the year.