Associated Apicultural Flora in Organic Oil Palm Plantations (Elaeis guineensis) in Magdalena Department
Bees are one of the most important insects in crop production systems and natural ecosystems since theyprovide numerous ecosystem services, thanks to its role as pollinators of native and cultivated plants. Many vegetable species produce resources bees collect for their benefit, known as beekeeping flora. Consideringbees’ importance in Caribbean tropical dry forests as well as agroecosystems like oil palm with more than57.000 hectares grown in Magdalena department, it was proposed to carry out an initial research to exploreflora that could be useful for bees in these agroecosystems and surroundings. For this purpose, during sevenmonths nine oil palm plantations were sampled in the Magdalena department, in which an inventory of theflowering plants was carried out in two transects, the first inside and second at the edge of the crops, 60% ofthe plantas were found at the edge transect. Afterwards, plants were transfer and then identified in the herbarium of the Universidad del Magdalena known internationally as UTMC. Finally, 2503 specimens werecollected, distributed in 189 species, 134 genera and 48 botanical families among which Fabaceae, Asteraceae y Malvaceae were the most important families in abundance and wealth. It was found that at least 58 speciescollected in this research have been classify as beekeeping flora or useful plants for bees. On the other hand, a pollen collection was built as a reference for future work in the area, it could be found in the Biological Collection Center of the Universidad del Magdalena (CBUMAG, acronym in Spanish).
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Fedepalma
2020
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| Online Access: | https://publicaciones.fedepalma.org/index.php/palmas/article/view/12906 |
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