The honey and propolis production from Indonesian stingless bee: Tetragonula laeviceps

In Indonesia, stingless bee species can be found nesting in bamboo, sugar palm stalks, tree trunk or wood, and in the ground. The objective of thisstudy was to evaluate the production of honey, and propolis produced by the Indonesian stingless bee: Tetragonula laeviceps. Twenty colonies ofstingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps from bamboos were domesticated to the boxes and meliponiculture for four months in the Faculty of AnimalScience, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta. The results showed that honey production by the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps in thehives was required 3 to 4 days after domesticating to produce 2 to 3 pots that contain honey. The honey production from the stingless bee Tetragonulalaeviceps ranged from 60 to 263 ml (79.2 to 328 g) and the propolis was ranged from 15.4 to 77.2 g. It can be concluded that the Faculty of AnimalScience UGM can be used for meliponiculture stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.