The effect of different beehives on the activity of foragers, honey potsnumber and honey production from stingless bee Tetragonula sp.

Tetragonula sp. is one of stingless bee species nesting in bamboos hive and produced honey, bee bread, andpropolis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the exit activity of foragers, honey pots number, honeyvolume in each pot, and production of honey from stingless bee Tetragonula sp. Thirty colonies of stingless beeTetragonula sp. from bamboo hives were divided into two groups: Bamboo and box hives, each group consistedof 15 colonies. The colonies were transferred in the night to avoid stress in the bees consisting of a queen bee,foragers, drones, and brood cells. The colonies were beekeeping one-month in Sukadana Bee Village, NorthLombok, Indonesia. The exit activity in the morning and afternoon of foragers from stingless bee Tetragonula sp. in the box hiveswas higher than in bamboos hive. The honey pots number, honey volume in each pot, and honey production(big, medium, and small pots) in box hives were higher than in bamboo hives. © 2020 Fundacion CIPAV. All rights reserved.