Espectro de polen corbicular de Apis mellifera en muestras de Huejotitán, Jalisco, México

This study examines the different plants visited by the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) during the honey harvest season (August to November) 2012. The work consisted in identifying the corbicular pollen pellets collected by the bees in one apiary in the village of Huejotitan, municipality of Jocotepec,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista Mexicana de ciencias pecuarias 2021-09, Vol.12 (2), p.621-632
Hauptverfasser: Quintero Domínguez, Roberto, De la Cruz Larios, Lino, González Eguiarte, Diego Raymundo, Solís Magallanes, José Arturo, Santana Michel, José Francisco, Reyes Carrillo, José Luis
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Zusammenfassung:This study examines the different plants visited by the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) during the honey harvest season (August to November) 2012. The work consisted in identifying the corbicular pollen pellets collected by the bees in one apiary in the village of Huejotitan, municipality of Jocotepec, state of Jalisco, Mexico. Three hives were selected and sampled monthly by means of Ontario modified pollen traps. The samples were tagged and frozen and later processed by acetolysis technique to remove the exine; permanent glycerine slides were made for the preservation and analysis. Identification and counting of pollen grains was performed using an Olympus BH-2® upright microscope equipped with a 100X ocular micrometer to measure each individual species pollen grain, using immersion oil. Wild plants in bloom were also collected monthly, tagged, pressed and taken to the herbarium for identification; the pollen was extracted, processed and identified for a reference collection that served as an ancillary means of identification and as a seasonal reference to the blooming species. In the corbicular pollen, 23 types of plants were identified: 13 at species level, five at genus level and five at family level belonging to 17 plant families. Myrtaceae resulted the most frequently represented family followed by Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae.
ISSN:2007-1124
2448-6698
DOI:10.22319/rmcp.v12i2.4398