Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 4
Written by Iuliana ANTONIE
In order to increase beekeeping, a more detailed research of the honey flora is needed. The purpose that our study undertakes is the identification of plants with honeybee potential in the Cisnădioara area (Sibiu county), as well as the enrichment of knowledge on the honeybee floristic structure of the whole county. To achieve this goal, we used: bibliography, direct sampling of plants, photographs and discussions with local beekeepers. The study was finalized with drawing up a compiling list of plants with a melliferous potential in this zone. 38 botanical families and 117 species with a melliferous potential were identified and arranged into three groups related to their melliferous weight: a high, a medium and a low economical beekeeping weight. The absence of the plants with a very high economical beekeeping weight is highlighted. This fact determines the beekeepers in the studied area, to practice pastoral beekeeping, at large distances, in order to have an important honey production.
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