Nectar and Pollen Sources for Honeybee （Apis cerana cerana Fabr.） in Qinglan Mangrove Area, Hainan Island, China

作     者：Yi-Feng Yao Subir Bera Yu-Fei Wang Cheng-Sen Li 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Institute of Botany the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100093 China Department of Botany University of Calcutta Kolkata 700019 India Graduate School the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100039 China Beijing Museum of Natural History Beijing 100050 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》 (植物学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第48卷第11期

页      面：1266-1273页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0703[理学-化学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40342013). The authors are grateful to Professor Nai-Qiu Du and Dr XiaoYan Song (Institute of Botany  the ChineseAcademy of Sciences) and Professors Jian-Hua Jin and Wen-Bo Liao (Sun Yat-sen University  Guangzhou  China) for their support for this work 

主　　题：Hainan Island honeybee mangrove nectar and pollen sources. 

摘      要：In the present study, nectar and pollen sources for honeybee （Apls cerana cerana Fabr.） were studied in Qlnglan mangrove area, Hainan Island, China, based on microscopic analysis of honey and pollen load （corblcular and gut contents） from honeybees collected In October and November 2004. Qualitative and quantitative melittopalynologlcal analysis of the natural honey sample showed that the honey is of unlfloral type with Mimosa pudlca L. （Mlmosaceae） as the predominant （89.14%） source of nectar and pollen for A. cerana cerana In October. Members of Araceae are an Important minor （3%-15%） pollen type, whereas those of Arecaceae are a minor （〈3%） pollen type. Pollen grains of Nypa fruticans Wurmb., Rhlzophora spp., Excoecarla agallocha L., Lumnitzera spp., Brugulera spp., Kandella candel Druce, and Ceriops tagal （Perr.） C. B. Rob. are among the notable mangrove texa growing In Qinglan mangrove area recorded as minor taxa In the honey. The absolute pollen count （I.e. the number of pollen grains/10 g honey sample） suggests that the honey belongs to Group V （〉1 000 000）. Pollen analysis from the corblcular and gut contents of A. cerana cerana revealed the highest representation （95.60%） of members of Sonneratia spp. （Sonneratlaceae）, followed by Bruguiera spp. （Rhizophoraceae）, Euphorblaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Arecaceae, Araceae, Anacardlaceae, and Rublaceae. Of these plants, those belonging to Sonneratla plants are the most Important nectar and pollen sources for A. cerana cerana and are frequently foraged and pollinated by these bees in November.