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Natural Propagation Of Stingless Bee Using Swarming Trap At Bukit Kor,
Marang And Tepoh, Kuala Nerus.
Ahmad Syazwan Bin Ahmad Nazri
Supervisor: Prof Madya Dr. Shamsul Bahri Bin Abd Razak
Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Crop Science)
School Of Food Science and Technology
There is a need to developed new methods in rearing the stingless bee in order to
make this industry a sustainable one. One of the options in natural breeding of
stingless bee is to exploit the swarm behavior by using traps and lures. The swarming
process in stingless bees is slower than honeybees and usually in small scale.
Swarming is the process of workers bee from the mother nest to choose a new cavity
and transfer nest material from the original nest. Stingless bee also can create the
nests in open and exposed area depend on their species. This study was conducted
to determine the success rate of stingless bee to swarm into traps with different lures
(Nipah Vinegar, Propolis and Keruing Oil) and to observe the preference of stingless
bee toward different trap materials (bamboo and plastic bottle).
1093 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018