TY - JOUR AU - Parajuli, Sangita egan AU - Thapa, RB PY - 2013/03/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Foraging Behavior of Apis mellifera L. Landraces Under Terai Condition of Nepal JF - Nepal Journal of Science and Technology JA - Nepal Journal of Science and Technology VL - 13 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.3126/njst.v13i2.7714 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJST/article/view/7714 SP - 51-56 AB - <p>A study was conducted to compare the foraging behavior of landraces of <em>Apis mellifera </em>L. under Terai condition of Nepal, for which the honeybee colonies were brought from Dang, Chitwan, Sarlahi and Parsa districts. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with six replications (colonies) and four treatments (landraces), i.e. <em>Apis mellifera carnica, Apis mellifera russian</em>, <em>Apis mellifera buckfast </em>and <em>Apis mellifera ligustica</em>. Each experimental unit consisted of 10 frame Langstroth bee hives with about 50,000 workers. Data recording continued from 26 March to 14 July in Chitwan. The landrace <em>A.m. buckfast </em>had the highest out-going foragers/5min (115.667 workers/ colony) significantly higher than <em>A.m. carnica </em>(73.500 workers/colony), <em>A.m. russian </em>(52.667 workers/colony) and <em>A.m. ligustica </em>(48.667 workers/colony), respectively. Similarly, the average number of foragers (in-coming with nectar/5min) was recorded the highest in <em>A.m. buckfast </em>(104.501 workers/colony) which was 1.46, 1.63, 1.78 times higher than <em>A.m. carnica, A.m. russian, A.m. ligustica</em>, respectively. Therefore, <em>A.m. buckfast </em>and <em>A.m. carnica </em>colonies were the best performers in relation to foraging behavior among the four evaluated land races during spring and summer seasons under Terai condition of Nepal.</p> <p>Nepal Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 13, No. 2 (2012) 51-56</p> DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njst.v13i2.7714">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njst.v13i2.7714</a> ER -