POTENSI LILIN LEBAH HUTAN THE POTENTIAL BEES WAXS FROM WILD BEE
Abstract: This research was
carried out to examine the ability of forest resources in producing total
(amount) nest, hive comb lowering and beeswax of giant honey bee. The method
used in this research was survey method. This research was conducted in July
2015 in Sialang Honey Community Cooperative (KOPMAS) located in Sungai Pagar
village, Riau province. The result indicated that a). The research location was
suitable for giant honey bee (Apis dorsata) development, b). The number of hive
combs lowering from 15 trees was 411 combs with 67 times lowering, c). The
average of hive comb weight in every lowering was around 40.6 kg. d). Beeswax
production at every harvest time was 273.6 kg. The conclusions from this
research were: 1). The number of giant honey bee hive combs from various trees
and the weight of hive combs were not the same. 2). The amount of beeswax was
equivalent to the production of bee hive comb. It is suggested that: 1). The
utilization of giant honey bees wax should be designed so it can be used as a
commodity to increase people’s incomes. 2). Certain policies are needed to
develop giant honey bee activity around forest areas in order to produce more
hive comb and beeswax.
Keywords: Giant honey bee wax,
Apis dorsata, Forest resources
Penulis: Muhammad Junus, Sri
Minarti, nur Cholis
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd170096