Potensi Sumber Pakan Lebah di Desa Durin Tonggal Kecamatan Pancur Batu Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are forest products that most closely relate to the interests of communities around the forest in meeting their daily needs. One type of NTFP that has high economic value is honey bees. Durin Tonggal Village has great potential for cultivating honey bees because it has many bee feed plants. This research aims to identify potential feed sources for honey bees and create a flowering calendar for nectar and pollen producing plants as a feed source for honey bees in Durin Tonggal Village. The method used in this research is the observation method, namely the circle method with a radius of 500 meters on agroforestry land which is observed with a village area of 837.6 Ha, where this research stage consists of data collection, namely using primary data, secondary data and data analysis. The results of this research obtained 31 types of plants that have the potential to be a food source for honey bees in the three agricultural land locations observed, of which there were 21 types of agricultural plants, 4 types of forestry plants, and 6 types of ornamental plants/wild grasses. This plant is a flowering plant that has varying flowering seasons, some flowering all year round and some flowering seasonally. There are 18 types that flower all year round and 13 types that flower seasonally. The diversity of bee feed plants in Durin Tonggal Village really supports the plan to cultivate honey bees.