Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation

Honey production of Apis cerdna has been limited for a long time by outdated management methods and the lack of knowledge of bee behaviour. A great variety of plants are found in Malaysia and many flower throughout the year. Particularly important in bee keep ingare the two major nectar flow pe...

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Main Author:	Abdullah, Mai Shihah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1990
Subjects:	Coconut palm - Diseases and pests - Selangor
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8560/1/FSAS_1990_3_A.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.85602012-12-12T06:48:34Z Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation 1990 Abdullah, Mai Shihah Honey production of Apis cerdna has been limited for a long time by outdated management methods and the lack of knowledge of bee behaviour. A great variety of plants are found in Malaysia and many flower throughout the year. Particularly important in bee keep ingare the two major nectar flow periods that occurin February and August-September. This study is based on observation of foraging by three colonies of Apis ceranaina coconut plantationat Tanjung Karang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Peninsular Malaysia from March 1988 until March 1989. The major nectar sources were coconut, Cocosnucifera (Palmae) and the weed, Asystasia intrusa (Acanthaceae). While A. intrusa flowers throughout the year, coconut shows marked peaks of f lowering from February to June and August to September with a dearth period in December to January Coconut palm - Diseases and pests - Selangor 1990 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8560/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8560/1/FSAS_1990_3_A.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Coconut palm - Diseases and pests - Selangor Faculty of Environmental Studies English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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topic	Coconut palm - Diseases and pests - Selangor
spellingShingle	Coconut palm - Diseases and pests - Selangor Abdullah, Mai Shihah Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation
description	Honey production of Apis cerdna has been limited for a long time by outdated management methods and the lack of knowledge of bee behaviour. A great variety of plants are found in Malaysia and many flower throughout the year. Particularly important in bee keep ingare the two major nectar flow periods that occurin February and August-September. This study is based on observation of foraging by three colonies of Apis ceranaina coconut plantationat Tanjung Karang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Peninsular Malaysia from March 1988 until March 1989. The major nectar sources were coconut, Cocosnucifera (Palmae) and the weed, Asystasia intrusa (Acanthaceae). While A. intrusa flowers throughout the year, coconut shows marked peaks of f lowering from February to June and August to September with a dearth period in December to January
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abdullah, Mai Shihah
author_facet	Abdullah, Mai Shihah
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title	Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation
title_short	Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation
title_full	Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation
title_fullStr	Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation
title_full_unstemmed	Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation
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granting_institution	Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Environmental Studies
publishDate	1990
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8560/1/FSAS_1990_3_A.pdf
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Foraging Activities of Apis Cerana in a Coconut Plantation

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