FRUIT TREES AND VEGETABLE PLANTS AS SOURCES OF NECTAR FOR HONEYBEE IN NORTH SINAI 2. CITRUS APPLE AND CANTALOUPE | ||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
| Article 4, Volume 27, Issue 12, December 2002, Pages 8663-8670 PDF (608.65 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2002.256240 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. N. El-Basiony, | ||
| Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Suez Canal Univ., Al-Arish. Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present work was carried out to evaluate, citrus, apple and cantaloupe flowers in North Sinai as complete previous study concerning almond and peach orchards. All main fruit and vegetable crops cultivated in North Sinai Governorate. The areas cultivated with the three fore-mentioned crops as well as the numbers of flowers per tree/plant and per feddan were calculated. The results revealed that, blooming period for citrus trees started on February 25 and finished on April 20, and the blooming peak was found during the period from Febuary 20-22. The maximum volume of nectar and its amount of solid compounds were recorded from 12 at noon till 4 p.m.The blooming period for blooming apple trees began on January 19 and finished on March 5, and the peak was recorded during the period from February 20-22. The maximum volume of nectaw was recorded at 4 p.m. The same result was obtained for the amount of solid compounds. It was found that, the blooming period for cantaloupe started on February 25 and finished on April 15, with the blooming peak between 25th – 27th of March. Largest volume of nectar was recorded in flowers picked up during the period from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. highest amount of solid compounds was recorded at 1 p.m. and its lowest in the morning. | ||
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