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DOI	10.3390/app11209756
	Beekeeping in the Desert: Foraging Activities of Honey Bee during Major Honeyflow in a Hot-Arid Ecosystem
	Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Iqbal, Javaid; Raweh, Hael S.; Hassan, Awad M. A.; Owayss, Ayman A.
通讯作者	Alqarni, AS ; Iqbal, J (corresponding author), King Saud Univ, Coll Food & Agr Sci, Dept Plant Protect, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
来源期刊	APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
EISSN	2076-3417
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:20
英文摘要	This study investigated the outgoing and pollen-gathering foraging activities of Apis mellifera jemenitica (AMJ) and Apis mellifera carnica (AMC) under a hot-arid environment in the presence of nectar-rich melliferous Ziziphus nummularia flora. The data revealed the differential effects of weather conditions and Z. nummularia flora on the foraging activities of the studied honey bee subspecies in the Rawdat-Khuraim oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Z. nummularia exhibited two flowering seasons, from June-July (season I) and August-October (season II), with a significantly higher mean flowering density observed during season II (404 flowers/m(2)) than during season I (235 flowers/m(2)). AMJ showed significantly higher foraging activities (outgoing and pollen-gathering) than AMC (exotic bees) during all months in each flowering season. The mean outgoing and pollen-gathering foraging rates of AMJ (32.40 & PLUSMN; 0.67 and 4.88 & PLUSMN; 0.40 workers/colony/min, respectively) were significantly higher than those of AMC (15.93 & PLUSMN; 1.20 and 2.39 & PLUSMN; 0.23 workers/colony/min, respectively). The outgoing and pollen-gathering foraging activities of the two subspecies fluctuated throughout the different times of day. Foraging activities were considerably high at sunrise (SR) and low at noon (N) during both flowering seasons. We also observed seasonal variations in the foraging activities of both bee subspecies. The mean foraging activities (outgoing and pollen-gathering) were slightly higher in season I (27.43 & PLUSMN; 1.21 and 4.46 & PLUSMN; 0.45 workers/colony/min, respectively) than in season II (21.71 & PLUSMN; 0.86 and 3.02 & PLUSMN; 0.22 workers/colony/min, respectively). The thermal window analysis revealed a significant difference between the flight activities (bees exiting and returning to the nest throughout the day) of AMJ and AMC; AMJ had a higher temperature threshold than AMC. The outgoing and pollen-gathering foraging activities within each bee subspecies were positively correlated. The present study can help researchers understand the performances of honeybees and the association of their performances with weather and nectar-rich flora conditions.
英文关键词	arid environment bee subspecies flight activity foraging flowering season Ziziphus nummularia Apis mellifera
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000715235100001
WOS关键词	NECTAR SECRETION DYNAMICS ; CHRISTI L. WILLD ; ACACIA-GERRARDII ; ZIZIPHUS-NUMMULARIA ; RELATIVE-HUMIDITY ; TEMPERATURE ; RACES ; PERFORMANCE ; DIVERSITY ; COLONIES
WOS类目	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary ; Engineering, Multidisciplinary ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied
WOS研究方向	Chemistry ; Engineering ; Materials Science ; Physics
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368307
作者单位	[Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Iqbal, Javaid; Raweh, Hael S.; Hassan, Awad M. A.; Owayss, Ayman A.] King Saud Univ, Coll Food & Agr Sci, Dept Plant Protect, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; [Hassan, Awad M. A.] South Valley Univ, Fac Agr, Dept Plant Protect, Qena 83523, Egypt; [Owayss, Ayman A.] Fayoum Univ, Fac Agr, Dept Plant Protect, Al Fayyum, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.,Iqbal, Javaid,Raweh, Hael S.,et al. Beekeeping in the Desert: Foraging Activities of Honey Bee during Major Honeyflow in a Hot-Arid Ecosystem[J]. King Saud University,2021,11(20).
APA	Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.,Iqbal, Javaid,Raweh, Hael S.,Hassan, Awad M. A.,&Owayss, Ayman A..(2021).Beekeeping in the Desert: Foraging Activities of Honey Bee during Major Honeyflow in a Hot-Arid Ecosystem.APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL,11(20).
MLA	Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.,et al."Beekeeping in the Desert: Foraging Activities of Honey Bee during Major Honeyflow in a Hot-Arid Ecosystem".APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 11.20(2021).