Brood-Rearing Enhancing Potential of Manually Packed Pollen Feeding in Comparison with Pollen and Pollen Supplements in Patty Forms

Nuru Adgaba; Ahmad Al-Ghamdi; Yilma Tadesse; Seif Eldin A. Mohammed; Yehya Al-attal

doi:10.2478/jas-2020-0023

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Brood-Rearing Enhancing Potential of Manually Packed Pollen Feeding in Comparison with Pollen and Pollen Supplements in Patty Forms

Journal of Apicultural Science

Volume 64 (2020): Issue 2 (December 2020)

By: Nuru Adgaba, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Yilma Tadesse, Seif Eldin A. Mohammed and Yehya Al-attal

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Process of pollen powder packing on cells of drawn out beeswax combs.

(A) Process of repacking packed pollen by the bees after 24h, (B) the conversion of the packed pollen into bee bread after three days being given to the colony

Table 1

Monthly mean and standard deviation (±) of dry matter intake (g/colony) of different supplement groups

Treatments	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Monthly Average
Packed pollen	510	204	408	372	373.5±127.2^a
Pollen patty	288	366	471	330	363.8±78.3^a
Ultrabee patty	231	270	372	219	273.0±69.5^a
Megabee patty	228	147	408	231	253.5±110.1^a
P-value					= 0.255

[i] Average values within the column that denoted with similar superscript letter (a) are not significantly different

Table 2

Effects of different feeds on the performance parameters of honey bee colonies during dearth period (Oct. – Jan.)

Treatments	Variables adult bee and brood population area in dm² (Mean ±SD)

	N	Utilized combs	Adult bees	Brood area	Stored pollen
Packed-pollen	30	110.4±16.99^a	51.3±18.17^a	24.6±13.29^a	1.2±1.85^b
Pollen-patty	30	93.9±10.06^b	38.8±10.56^b	14.8±7.50^b	2.8±3.25^a
Ultra Bee-patty	30	86.4±24.72^b	36.9±16.43^b	13.0±9.12^b	2.3±1.91^ab
Megabee patty	30	94.4±16.99^b	42.6±18.92^ab	16.8±8.72^b	2.0±1.25^ab
Control	30	84.3±8.33^b	33.5±12.27^b	12.3±5.77^b	1.5±1.36^ab
P-value		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.032

[i] * Values within the column that denoted with similar superscript letters (“a” or “b”) are not statistically significantly different, 1 dm² area consists an average of 450 broods and 225 adult bees

Table 3

Broods and adult bee population performances of colonies of different treatment groups over the experimental periods

Broods reared in dm² area (Mean ±SD); one dm² area consists 450 broods

Months	Packed pollen	Pollen patty	Ultra Bee patty	Mega-bee patty	Control	P-Value

October	14.8±14.8^a	11.8±6.9^a	9.6±12.4^a	14.5±13.7^a	8.7±1.7^a	0.206
November	22.3±15.1^a	13.4±6.6^a	11.8±9.8^a	19.2±1.6^a	12.3±4.9^a	0.200
December	27.7±9.8^a	17.3±4.5^a	16.0±5.8^a	16.8±5.9^a	13.2±3.9^a	0.081
January	31.2±11.1^b	19.6±7.3^b	16.1±7.6^b	16.1±5.7^b	15.3±6.6^b	0.000

Adult bee population in dm² area (Mean ±SD), one dm² area consists 225 adult bees

Months	Packed pollen	Pollen patty	Ultra Bee patty	Mega-bee patty	Control	P-Value

October	44.8±9.1^a	41.6±8.8^a	36.8±12.1^a	40.2±20.9^a	36.8±4.4^a	0.280
November	50.4±21.7^a	40.0±9.2^a	36.0±20.7^a	44.6±20.0^a	36.4±11.2^a	0.355
December	54.0±19.6^a	34.4±11.5^a	37.6±18.7^a	45.3±23.3^a	32.8±15.1^a	0.434
January	54.5±18.6^a	38.4±12.8^ab	37.6±14.8^ab	38.8±16.8^ab	30.2±14.3^b	0.019

[i] Values within the column connected with similar upper case letters (“a” or “b” are not significantly different)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)

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Language: English

Page range: 189 - 198

Submitted on: Aug 13, 2018

Accepted on: Jul 21, 2020

Published on: Oct 31, 2020

Published by: The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association

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