Daily Activity of Pollen Collection According to Different Regions in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate .

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Economic Entomology Dept., Fac. Agric., Mansoura Univ

2 Bee Res. Dept., Agric Res. St., Sakha Kafr El-Sheikh

Abstract

Pollen loads were collected from the traps at 2 hour intervals from March to August during season 2014 from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m in three districts. The results showed that the highest amounts of trapped pollen occurred during the period from 10-12 a.m with an average 88.95, 64.99 and 57.77 g/colony in Biala, Sidi Salem and Kafr El-Sheikh, respectively with representing 28.07%, 27.34% and 29.39% while; the lowest amounts of trapped pollen occurred during period from 4-6 p.m with an average of 27.09, 16.81 and 13.77 g/colony in Bialla, Kafr El-Sheikh and Sidi Salem, respectively. for the whole season; The average amounts of trapped pollen were represented by 8.55 , 8.55 and 5.97% in the three locations , respectively.