Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Background and Aims: Honey plants are those that mainly produce nectar and pollen, although those that generate propolis are also considered in this category. The beekeepers, before installing an apiary, need to know the honey flora of a region, because the honey production depends on it. The object...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
2019
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| author | Araujo-Mondragón, Fernando Redonda-Martínez, Rosario |
| author_facet | Araujo-Mondragón, Fernando Redonda-Martínez, Rosario |
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| description | Background and Aims: Honey plants are those that mainly produce nectar and pollen, although those that generate propolis are also considered in this category. The beekeepers, before installing an apiary, need to know the honey flora of a region, because the honey production depends on it. The objective of this work was to identify the honey plants that grow in the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.Methods: Field work was carried out in areas close to four reference apiaries, in a radius of one kilometer, using as a reference point each of the apiaries located in the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro. Feeding preferences and pollen collection of Apis melliferawere observed, specimens of the plants that it uses were collected, and its visits were documented by photographs. Finally, honey samples were taken in two seasons of the year, one before the flowering peak of the honey species in the area and another in the honey harvest season, with the purpose of performing melisopalynological studies to identify pollen types present in the honey.Key results: Ninety-three species of honey plants, belonging to 33 botanical families, were identified; Asteraceae was the most representative. In the melisopalinological analyses an average of 16 pollen types per sample was observed; the Asteraceae pollen was the most abundant.Conclusions: The honey flora of the studied region has been affected by its eradication, because most of the species are weeds, due to the change in land use to install mainly avocado orchards, and the grasshoppers pests that defoliate the plants, causing delay or absence of flowering. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.abm.ojs.inecol.mx:article-14442022-11-17T22:31:05Z Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico Flora melífera de la región centro-este del municipio de Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México Araujo-Mondragón, Fernando Redonda-Martínez, Rosario apiary Apis mellifera honey honey species apiario Apis mellifera especies melíferas miel Background and Aims: Honey plants are those that mainly produce nectar and pollen, although those that generate propolis are also considered in this category. The beekeepers, before installing an apiary, need to know the honey flora of a region, because the honey production depends on it. The objective of this work was to identify the honey plants that grow in the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.Methods: Field work was carried out in areas close to four reference apiaries, in a radius of one kilometer, using as a reference point each of the apiaries located in the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro. Feeding preferences and pollen collection of Apis melliferawere observed, specimens of the plants that it uses were collected, and its visits were documented by photographs. Finally, honey samples were taken in two seasons of the year, one before the flowering peak of the honey species in the area and another in the honey harvest season, with the purpose of performing melisopalynological studies to identify pollen types present in the honey.Key results: Ninety-three species of honey plants, belonging to 33 botanical families, were identified; Asteraceae was the most representative. In the melisopalinological analyses an average of 16 pollen types per sample was observed; the Asteraceae pollen was the most abundant.Conclusions: The honey flora of the studied region has been affected by its eradication, because most of the species are weeds, due to the change in land use to install mainly avocado orchards, and the grasshoppers pests that defoliate the plants, causing delay or absence of flowering. Antecedentes y Objetivos: Las plantas melíferas son aquellas que, principalmente, producen néctar y polen, aunque también son consideradas en esta categoría las que generan propóleos. Los apicultores, antes de instalar un apiario, necesitan conocer la flora melífera de una región, pues de ella depende la producción de miel. El objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar las plantas melíferas que crecen en la región centro-este del municipio Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.Métodos: Se realizó trabajo de campo en zonas aledañas a cuatro apiarios de referencia, es decir, un kilómetro de radio, tomando como punto de referencia cada uno de los apiarios ubicados en la región centro-este del municipio Pátzcuaro. Se observaron las preferencias de alimentación y recolección de polen de Apis mellifera, se colectaron ejemplares de las plantas que utiliza y se documentaron sus visitas mediante fotografías. Finalmente, se tomaron muestras de miel en dos épocas del año, una antes del pico de floración de las especies melíferas de la zona y otra en la temporada de cosecha de miel, con la finalidad de realizar estudios melisopalinológicos para identificar los tipos polínicos presentes en la miel.Resultados clave: Se identificaron 93 especies de plantas melíferas, pertenecientes a 33 familias botánicas; Asteraceae es la más representativa. En los análisis melisopalinológicos se observó un promedio de 16 tipos polínicos por muestra; el polen de compuestas fue el más abundante.Conclusiones: La flora melífera de la región estudiada se ha visto afectada por su erradicación, debido a que la mayoría de las especies son malezas, al cambio de uso de suelo, para instalar principalmente huertas de aguacate, y por las plagas de chapulines que defolian las plantas provocando retraso o ausencia de floración. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2019-02-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/epub+zip application/xml https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1444 10.21829/abm126.2019.1444 Acta Botanica Mexicana; No. 126 (2019) Acta Botanica Mexicana; Núm. 126 (2019) 2448-7589 0187-7151 spa https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1444/4055 https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1444/4056 https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1444/1788 Derechos de autor 2019 Acta Botanica Mexicana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Araujo-Mondragón, Fernando Redonda-Martínez, Rosario Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
| title | Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_full | Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_short | Melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_sort | melliferous flora of the central-eastern region of the municipality of pátzcuaro, michoacán, mexico |
| url | https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1444 |
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