1Minerva College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Indora, Kangra - 176 401, Himachal Pradesh, India
2Department of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences, Sant Baba Bhag Sing University, Jalandhar - 144 030, Punjab, India
Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla - 171 005, Himachal Pradesh, India
*Corresponding authors' E-mail : drkumar83@rediffmail.com
Online published on 20 December, 2024.
The feeding experiments were conducted in an apiary during the summer dearth periods when enough floral sources were not available in the Indora region of Himachal Pradesh, India. Two different protein diets were fed to 24 colonies for 8 weeks (14 May - 2 July). An equal quantity of each diet was weighed and fed to bees for a feeding regime of 7 days. The consumption of diet 2 was significantly greater (p < 0.05) than diet 1. Mean consumption for diet 1 was 58.51 and 58.71 g/colony/week and for diet 2, it was 95.11 and 88.45 g/colony/week, in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The results indicate that diet 2 was consumed in maximum quantity.
Apis mellifera, Bee flora, Beekeeping, Himachal Pradesh, Protein diet
