Abdulaziz S. Alqarni
Department of Plant Protection, College of Food Science and Agriculture, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460 Riyadb 11451, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
The experiments were carried out under laboratory conditions in two groups to evaluate the suitability of some protein diets for supplementary feeding of honeybee. In the first group, food consumption and cumulative mortality percentage of newly emerged bees fed on some protein diets were determined. The highest food consumption rate was recorded in bees fed on diet II (Improved traditional substitute, ITS), followed by diet III (mixed date palm pollen + soybean flour, DP+Sb) whereas the lowest one was for diet I (Traditional Substitute, TS). Feeding bees on beebread or diets containing date palm pollen gave the longest LT50. In the second group, development of hypopharngeal glands and rectal content was evaluated. Results indicated that the normal source of protein for honeybee workers as beebread or date palm pollen was the best source for hypopharngeal gland development. The rectal content weight reflected the suitability of diets which contain pollen grains for feeding honeybee colonies.
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Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, 2006. Influence of Some Protein Diets on the Longevity and Some Physiological Conditions of Honeybee Apis mellifera L. Workers. Journal of Biological Sciences, 6: 734-737.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.734.737
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.734.737
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.734.737
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.734.737
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