Bee - Plants of Southeastern Nigeria - A Review
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Bee-plants are the plants that are visited by bees. Bee plants have some adaptations that enable them to attract bees. Bees visit plants mainly to collect nectar and pollen which are later converted to honey. These bee-plants could be cultivated in three ways. The beekeepers in any part of southeastern Nigeria therefore, could cultivate the bee plants listed in this work for production of honey which is highly medicinal and has recently been re-introduced as a natural medicine cure for many ailments
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Ezeabara, C. A., Okeke, C., Aziagba, B. O., & Ilodibia, C. V. (2013). Bee - Plants of Southeastern Nigeria - A Review . The Bioscientist Journal, 1(1), 94-98. Retrieved from https://bioscientistjournal.com/index.php/The_Bioscientist/article/view/23
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M.B. (2007). Pollination drops, pollen
and insect pollination. Taxon, 56 (3):
663-695.
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Milet-Pinheiro, P. and Schlindwein, C. (2008). Pollination biology of Jacaranda oxyphylla with an emphasis on staminode function. Annal of Botany, 102 (5): 699-711.
Mutsears, M. (1991). Bees in their natural environment in Southeastern Nigeria.
The Nigerian Field, 56: 3-18.
Obute, G.C. (2010). Pollination: A threatened vital biodiversity service to humans and the environment. International Journal of Biodiversity and conservation, 2 (1):
001-013.
Okoye, C.U. and Agwu, A.E. (2008). Factors affecting agroforestry sustainability in bee endemic parts of southeastern
Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Forest, 26 (2): 132-154.
Omoloye, A.A. and Akinsola, P.A. (2006). Foraging sources and effects of selected plant characters and weather variables on the visitation intensity of honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of Apicultural Science, 50 (1):
39-48.
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(Melipona and Trigonini) and Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera) in neotropical habitats: A Review.
Apidologie, 21: 469-488.
Stiles, F.G. and Freeman, C.E. (1992). Patterns in floral nectar characteristics of some bird-visited plant species from Costa Rica. Biotropica, 23: 568-574.
United States Department of Agriculture (2010). Pollen Plants for Honey. University Georgia Cooperation Extension Bulletin 1106.