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Natural Propagation of Stingless Bee (Heterotrigona itama) Using Split<br />

Hive Technique at Bukit Kor, Marang<br />

Muhamad Izzhan Bin Mohd Zaki<br />

Supervisor: Prof Madya Dr. Shamsul Bahri Bin Abd Razak<br />

Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Crop Science)<br />

School Of Food Science and Technology<br />

Stingless bee farming is a new and potential booming industry in Malaysia. Current<br />

practice of stingless bee rearing is to collect the feral stingless bee from their natural<br />

habitat. An Alternative way of propagating stingless bee need to be explored.<br />

Heterotrigona itama is the most popular species of stingless bee in Malaysia. This<br />

experiment exploited the hive split technique to naturally propagate the colony. Ten<br />

replicates were used in this experiment. The experiment was carried out in Taman<br />

Pertanian Bukit Kor. Brood cells from the main colony we split into two vertically using<br />

sharp knife. Half of the broods and several queen cells were transferred into a new<br />

box. The progress of the broods and queen cells were monitored. Preliminary results<br />

show the number of stingless bee in the new colonies double in two weeks’ time. This<br />

effort will ensure stingless bee industry in Malaysia to sustain and environmentally<br />

friendly.<br />

1102 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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