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Pollen Calendar and Honey Yield of Three (3) Stingless Bee’s Species<br />

(Heterotrigona itama, Geniotrigona thoracica, and Lepidotrigona<br />

terminata) at Gong Badak (Coastal Area)<br />

Siti Nur Syafiqah Binti Mohamad Hanapi<br />

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

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

School of Food Science and Technology<br />

Limited studies have been done on pollen calendar of stingless bees near forest, but<br />

no records of flowers that are available along the coastal area. To identify the pollen<br />

that stingless bees (Heterotrigona itama, Geniotrigona thoracica, and Lepidotrigona<br />

terminata) foraged, pollen load from stingless bee’s pollen basket were collected and<br />

dispersed in distilled water. Droples of pollens were observed under the compound<br />

microscope. Honey yield was acquired monthly from the stingless beekeeper. The<br />

sampling plot was carried out in Gong Badak. The results show a variation in pollen<br />

profile that is foraged by the three stingless bee species such as Bride tears, Antigonon<br />

leptopus, 4 (G. thoracica: 2, H. itama: 1, L. terminata: 1) and Cabbage tree flower,<br />

Andira inermis, 3 (H. itama: 3). This study is significant because it can help beekeepers<br />

that live in coastal area to add sources of plant in order to increase the honey<br />

production.<br />

1130 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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