Dominant Pollen in Honey Samples from Four Beehives in Abeokuta, Southwest, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAdekanmbi, H.O
dc.contributor.authorAlebiosu, O.S
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T12:55:54Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T12:55:54Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionJournal Articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the quest to examine the preferentially foraged pollen by honey bees in Abeokuta, Nigeria, a palynological study was conducted on honey samples from four bee farms; Owudekudu, Olorunda, Agbede and Odeda, all situated within Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Honey samples were collected and subjected to acetolysis, followed by slide preparation and microscopy of the treated samples. Twelve pollen types were recovered from the four honey samples and some of these pollen are common to the four honeys. A classification method for expressing pollen frequency class was adopted: Very frequent (Over 45%), Frequent (16-45%), Rare (3-15%) and Sporadic (Less than 3%). The most abundantly recovered pollen grains in the four locations were those of Berlinia grandiflora, Albizia sp., Bombax buonopozense, Asteraceae and Fabaceae. Pollen of Elaeis guineensis, Rutaceae, Amaranthaceae, Combretaceae/Melastomaceae, Senna sp., Poaceae and Convolvulaceae were also recovered. The results of this study indicate that these plants were preferentially foraged by honey bees in the sample locations. This might have been influenced by more suitable nutritional contents of these pollen grains produced by their parent plants, although yet to be investigated. Hence, there is need for an appropriate conservation strategy of these plants from destructive human activities such as indiscriminate felling of trees and forest clearing for agricultural and urban developmental projects. The results from this work have established these plants as preferential to bee forage in Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTertiary Education Trust Funden_US
dc.identifier.citationAdekanmbi, O.H and Alebiosu, O.S (2016). Dominant Pollen in Honey Samples from Four Beehives in Abeokuta, Southwest, Nigeria. Unilag Journal of Medicine, Science and Technology. Vol.4(1), 140-147p.en_US
dc.identifier.issn24
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3839
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Lagos Press, Akokaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of lagos Journal;Vol.4(1)
dc.subjectPollen Grainsen_US
dc.subjectHoney beesen_US
dc.subjectPollen frequencyen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural and Urban Developmental Projectsen_US
dc.titleDominant Pollen in Honey Samples from Four Beehives in Abeokuta, Southwest, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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