STUDYING THE EFFECT OF USING SUPER PROTEIN, VITAMIN C AND E AS A FOOD SUBSTITUTE IN HONEYBEE COLONY ACTIVITY

Abstract

The research was conducted in a native apiary in Baghdad Governorate- Al-Buaitha, to evaluate the effect of adding super protein, vitamin C and vitamin E to the diet of honeybee colonies, and to study their effect on the activity, growth, development and productivity of the colonies of honey.

The results of the research showed that super protein nutrition achieved the best percentages, and according to the results of the statistical analysis, it significantly outperformed the sugar solution feeding and control, in terms of measuring the honey area 2.631 cm², the brood area 1.622 cm² and the pollen area 0.378 cm².

 The results of the use of vitamins also showed that the best treatments were using vitamin C nutrition, and according to the results of the statistical analysis, it significantly outperformed all other treatments in terms of measuring the honey area 3.820 cm² and the brood area 1.821 cm² and pollen area 0.608 cm². The results showed that vitamin E nutrition outperformed the sugar solution feeding and control, as the average area of honey, brood and pollen grains were (2.960 cm², 1.624 cm² and 0.473 cm²) respectively.