THE FORAGING OF APIS MELLIFERA L ON OITICICA (LICANIA RIGIDA)Original Title (non-English) FORRAGEAMENTO DE APIS MELLIFERA L. EM OITICICA (LICANIA RIGIDA) [Portuguese]

摘要

This research was carried at Campus IV do Centro de Ciencias Humanas e Agrarias da Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Catole do Rocha, Paraiba, Brazil, to study the foraging behavior of Apis mellifera L on Licania rigida flowers along day The number of visits that bees made to flowers from 07 00 to 17 00 hours, were recorded every 10 minutes, during six days The results showed that honey bees foraged for nectar more frequently under shaded and wind protected parts