Collection of honey and pollen from melons and vegetables

Collection of honey and pollen from melons and gourds

Collection of honey and pollen from melons and vegetables

Pumpkin is a plant of the pumpkin family. Leaflets are large, heart-shaped, yellow-hot flowers, same-sex, lonely, axillary; staminate – on long stalks, maternal – on short. The fruits are very large, with a hard skin, the seeds are white, flat. Cultivated throughout Ukraine.

Pumpkin is a good honey plant. His flowers give off a lot of nectar. Pollen is less attractive to bees. The plant blooms from the beginning of July to the end of September, highlighting the nectar even during a drought. Flowers begin to open at dawn, but at noon they close. Nectar is released 2-3 hours after the opening of the flower. Honey productivity of 1 hectare of crops – 30-35 kg.

The usual melon is a one-year short-seeded plant of the pumpkin family. She has an inexpressive stalk – faceted. Leaflets are alternate, cordate, dentate. Flowers are same-sex, staminate – on short legs, maternal – single.

Corolla light yellow. The melon starts to bloom 40-45 days after sowing and blooms 1.5-2 months. Stamen flower functions one day, the maternal flower – two, more than three days. One flower secures 2.4 mg of sugar in nectar, honey production of 1 ha of melons – nearly 30 kg. Melon gives honey bees to supported honey.

Watermelon is a one-year-old plant from the family of pumpkin. Her stem is shaggy, rough, very branched. Leaflets are deeply divided. Flowers are same-sex, pale yellow, single. The fruit is large, spherical, green or whitish with a juicy red flesh.

Blooms watermelon in June. Nectar is not only maternal, but stamen flowers, allocating 0.5-0.7 mg of sugar in nectar. Honey productivity of 1 hectare of melons -15-20 kg. Gives sustained honey collecting.

Collection of honey and pollen from vegetable crops

Collection of honey and pollen from melons and vegetables

Cucumber is a one-year-old plant of the pumpkin family. The stems are recumbent or climbing. Leaflets are regular, heart-shaped. Stamen flowers are collected in bundles in the axils of leaflets, single marigold, on short legs, corolla yellow.

The cucumber flowers from the beginning of June to August. Nectar isolates stamen and uterine flowers. At one time, the bee can collect up to 2 mg of nectar from the flower. Honey productivity of 1 hectare of crops – nearly 30 kg. The release of nectar is strongly influenced by the weather, the flowering phase and the location of the flowers on the plant. In addition to nectar, bees from cucumber flowers collect pollen.



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Collection of honey and pollen from melons and vegetables