IV. IDENTIFICACIÓN DE ESPECIES FORESTALES PARA LA PRODUCCIÓN APÍCOLA

Abstract

Beekeeping production is an important economic activity in Bolivia, mainly for
hundreds of families that generate many direct and indirect jobs. Despite the limitations in
the link, its production continues to rise, climate change, the greenhouse effect and, among
other adverse factors, have placed this emerging productive activity at risk, because it has
totally modified the vegetative cycle of the trees, reaching the plants to bloom late; therefore,
it is crucial to identify the floral species that have the greatest preference for bees. The
identification of the most important species for beekeeping was carried out at the San José
Practice Center, belonging to the Bolivian Evangelical University; For this purpose, the in
situ observation technique, interviews and the Gentry method were used, allowing the
identification of 32 important floral species for bees. The functionality of the floral resources
of each identified plant species was defined and the development of a floral calendar for the
Practice Center, where the months of September and May are the months with the highest
flowering of plant species, with 14 and 10 species respectively and that the months of June
and July reach only 5 plant species available for beekeeping. The most important species for
beekeeping activities were classified, such as: nectar, pollen and/or propolis.