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- Title
The Key Role of Amino Acids in Pollen Quality and Honey Bee Physiology—A Review.
- Authors
Bryś, Maciej Sylwester; Strachecka, Aneta
- Abstract
When studying honey bee nutrition, it is important to pay attention not only to the quantity but also to the quality of pollen for floral visitors. The recommended way to determine the value of pollen is to determine both the protein concentration and the amino acid composition in the insect's hemolymph. In addition, the composition of pollen also includes lipids, sterols and biogenic elements such as carbon, nitrogen, etc. Very high protein concentration is observed in aloe pollen, averaging 51%. Plants with a high protein content, at the level of 27% in Europe, are rapeseed and phacelia. In turn, a plant that is poor in protein (at the level of 11%) is buckwheat. The aforementioned plants are sown over very large areas. Vast acreages in Central and Eastern Europe are occupied by pollen- and nectar-providing invasive plants, such as goldenrod. Therefore, bees are forced to use one food source—a mono diet—which results in their malnutrition. In the absence of natural pollen, beekeepers use other foods for bees; including soy protein, powdered milk, egg yolks, fish meal, etc. However, the colony is the strongest when bees are fed with pollen, as opposed to artificial protein diets. More research is needed on the relationship between bee pollen composition and nutrition, as measured by protein concentration and amino acid composition in apian hemolymph, colony strength, honey yield and good overwintering.
- Subjects
EASTERN Europe; POLLINATION; POLLINATORS; HONEYBEES; AMINO acids; BUCKWHEAT; POLLEN; SYNTHETIC proteins; HONEY; BEE pollen
- Publication
Molecules, 2024, Vol 29, Issue 11, p2605
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules29112605