Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 4
Written by Iuliana ANTONIE
Our study has as a purpose to identify the main melliferous plants from the locality Apoldul de Jos and its surroundings. In this paper we want to complete our researches in the Sibiu county in order to turn to the best account the melliferous resources of the studied habitat and to complete the melliferous base with the new data. In order to be accomplished the purpose, there were applied the following methods of study: the utilization of the information from the specialized literature, the direct observation in the field, the collecting of the botanical material in this area and its identification in laboratory. After this study there were identified 19 Families of plants, with 46 species, mainly in the spontaneous and sub-spontaneous flora, with obvious implications in the beekeeping. The melliferous resources of the zone were grouped together from the point of view of the importance in apiculture, into four groups. Year by year, in the last period, more and more farmers tended towards the activity of the beekeeping. So, the knowledge of the flowery potential of the county, proved to be the success key in the beekeeping.
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