مصادر الرحيق و حبوب اللقاح في العسل المنتج في محافظة البصرة

Abstract EN

This research was carried out in Basrah governorate in 2012 – 2013 where 40 samples of honey from apiaries in different places of the governorate were studied.

The study included extraction and preparation pollen from honey samples.

and depending on the pollen types in the samples botanical sources visited by bees to collect nectar and pollen were identified.

Honey produced in Basrah was characterized by its scarcity of pollen types were the average number of types in honey samples in different sites was 5.35 types, in addition to lacking some plants important to produce honey such as sunflower, cotton, radish and other plants.

It was evident that the essential plant sources available to bees are Jujube and Eucalyptus with other non-essential sources such as Melon, Cucumber, Cress, Pomegranates, Celery and Mint in addition to other species belong to the families Malvaceae and Compositae.