EFFECT OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVE FORMULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L. COLONIES
Mahrous, M., Yousif-Khalil, S., Mohamed, Z., Sanad, R. (2020). EFFECT OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVE FORMULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L. COLONIES. EKB Journal Management System, 47(2), 477-485. doi: 10.21608/zjar.2020.94488
Mahrous R.A. Mahrous; S. I. Yousif-Khalil; Zeinab A. Mohamed; R. E. Sanad. "EFFECT OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVE FORMULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L. COLONIES". EKB Journal Management System, 47, 2, 2020, 477-485. doi: 10.21608/zjar.2020.94488
Mahrous, M., Yousif-Khalil, S., Mohamed, Z., Sanad, R. (2020). 'EFFECT OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVE FORMULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L. COLONIES', EKB Journal Management System, 47(2), pp. 477-485. doi: 10.21608/zjar.2020.94488
Mahrous, M., Yousif-Khalil, S., Mohamed, Z., Sanad, R. EFFECT OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVE FORMULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L. COLONIES. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 47(2): 477-485. doi: 10.21608/zjar.2020.94488

EFFECT OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVE FORMULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L. COLONIES

Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research
Article 6, Volume 47, Issue 2, March 2020, Page 477-485  XML PDF (356.67 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/zjar.2020.94488
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Authors
Mahrous R.A. Mahrous email 1; S. I. Yousif-Khalil2; Zeinab A. Mohamed2; R. E. Sanad2
1Plant Prot. Res. Inst., ARC, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
2Plant Prot. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out in a private apiary located at Abu-Hammad District, Sharkia Governorate during 2017 and 2018 seasons. The study aimed to evaluate the effect (suitability) of four veterinarian food additive formulations on the performance of honeybee colonies. Summarized results showed that feeding honeybee colonies on sucrose syrup (1:1) enriched with the food additive formulations AD3H, VIGO I. Sel, VIGO mino vit and VIGO-FLU caused noticeable increase in colonies activities, that recorded 13.0, 9.0, 9.8 and 8.0% over the control in the area of sealed brood reared; 37.50, 1.09, 26.20 and 62.35% in drawn area of wax foundation; 26.9, 108.6, 27.8 and 100.2% in the hoarded amount of fortified syrup and 51.72,8.62,49.13 and 46.55% in clover honey yield for the four tested formulations, respectively.
Keywords
Apis mellifera; hoarding behaviour; clover honey; carniolan hybrid; honeybee brood; clover flow; wax foundation
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