Pollen Analysis of Apis mellifera Honey Collected from Nigeria

Joshua Kayode; Sunday Dele Oyeyemi

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Pollen Analysis of Apis mellifera Honey Collected from Nigeria

Joshua Kayode, Sunday Dele Oyeyemi

Published in American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 23 August 2014 Accepted: 3 September 2014 Published: 20 September 2014

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Abstract

Pollen analyses of twelve honey samples collected in two successive years (2011-2012) from different towns and villages in Ekiti State, South western Nigeria were carried out in order to ascertain their pollen compositions. The results from the analysis revealed eighty-five taxa belong to thirty-three botanical families. Of these, thirty-two were identified to generic level and forty-five plants were identified to the specific level. The number of pollen grains in the honey samples varied significantly (between 4,818 - 85,087 pollen grains), indicating their richness in pollen grains. Also in this study, some important honey plants such as Spondias mombin, Alchornea cordifolia, Lannea sp, Asteraceae, Alchornea sp, Rubiaceae, Elaeis guineensis, Pavetta sp, Oldenlandia corymbosa, Triplochiton scleroxylon, Mimosops warneckii, Blighia sapinda, Piptadeniastrum africanum, Entada gigas, Tithonia diversifolia, and Combretaceae/Melastomataceae have been identified to be characteristics of vegetation typical of Ekiti State and reflection of common pollen load and nectar sources.

Published in	American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajaf.20140205.13
Page(s)	226-231
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Honey Sample, Pollen Composition, Nectar Source, Ekiti State

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Joshua Kayode

Department of Plant Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Sunday Dele Oyeyemi

Department of Plant Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

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