Authors : Metin Deveci and Ahmet Kuvanci
Abstract: This study was established in Agriculture Faculty of Ordu University Campus in test field area. Most of the bee visitings were to phacelia plant by 71.8 number m-2. The second visiting rate was to sainfoin plant by 55.9 number m-2. Alfalfa plant visiting was the least preferred visiting by 1.5 number m-2. In this study honeybee collonies gathered 10 pollen packages from sainfoin plant and phacelia plant followed that by 4 pollen packages by chosen randomly among 200 pollen packages. There was no alfalfa plant pollen in measured pollen packages. Alfalfa plant had the maximum flower quantity by 9317 flowers/number in m2, phacelia had 7038.2 flowers m-2 and sainfoin had 4312.7 m-2 flowers. Although, alfalfa plant was in the first place due to flowers in m2 honey bees did not prefer it as a nectar source.
Metin Deveci and Ahmet Kuvanci , 2012. Investigation of Pollen Preferences of Honeybee. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 11: 1265-1269.