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Abstract
The present work aimed to study the effect of agriculture model on activity and productivity of honeybee colonies in Minia region. Two groups of the first hybrid Carniolan bee (Apis mellifera carnica) colonies were used. Two sites of chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) cultivation were selected for the study. Chamomile cultivation in the first site was established as organic agriculture model, which located in the west of Minia city, while the other site was cultivated as conventional model with the same crop (chamomile) in the west of Abokorkas district, Minia governorate. Both locations were cultivated with chamomile plants in the same time.
The present work was aimed to study the effect of agriculture model on the following points:
5.1. Foraging activity of the honeybee colonies:
The Results revealed that the average number of the bee workers going out from the hive per minute was more in conventional model than that of organic model of the chamomile cultivation at 10 am and 1 pm. However, at 4 pm the foraging rate was similar in the two models of agriculture.
On the other hand, data showed that the workers coming back to the hive per minute was larger in organic model than conventional model of the tested crop at all studies timing (10 am, 1 pm and 4 pm).
The same trend was noticed in the second season of 2014, where data showed that although foraging activity (going out ) rate of the workers of the colonies located at the conventional model was always more at different studied timings, but difference among these rates from view of statistic were not significant except at 1pm.
5.2. Productivity of the honeybee colonies:
Three products (stored honey, stored pollen and royal jelly) of the experimental colonies were determined. Data of the first season, 2013 showed that bee colonies placed in organic model produced significant amount of both stored honey (189.44 sq. inch /colony) and royal jelly (8.11 gram /colony) than those colonies located in conventional model which produced 130.22 and 3.67 for the same products mentioned above ,respectively. However, production of stored pollen was reverse where the colonies placed in conventional agriculture stored more pollen (135.00 sq. inch /colony) than those of organic agriculture (95.33 sq. inch /colony).