Utilización de tres niveles de harina de soya en la alimentación artificial de Apis melífera (Abejas) y su efecto en la producción de jalea real

Abstract

In the center of Cacha parish, 9 km from the Riobamba canton, Chimborazo province a study of three levels of soy flour 10 %( T2), 20 %( T3) and 30% (T4) was performed in artificial feeding Api honey bees and their effect on the production of royal jelly, versus a control treatment (T1), whose objectives were 1) to evaluate the different levels of soy flour in the production of royal jelly, 2) to determine the most appropriate for improving the production on royal jelly level 3) to know the best treatment economically viable basis indicator benefit / cost. Under a completely randomized design (CRD), orthogonal polynomials, separation dimensions to Tukey (P < 0.05) and correlation analysis to better fit the curve, each treatment consisted of 3 repetitions giving a total of 12 hives in that protein paste which was provided every 4 days according to the maximum production of royal jelly, taking into account the time that the larvae consume. This way it can be determined that the use of 20 and 30% of soy flour in the hives, can record weight of hives by the end of the investigation 34.5 kg, in the same way 139.17 consumption was determined and 139.5 g of food, also found that these bees agreed 40.33 and 46.33 cells accepted, production per hive of 13.63 and 17.26 g production by treatment of 51.78 and 40.88 respectively, finally a benefit / cost ratio of 4.70 that is a return of 470% (t4). Based on the results, it is recommended to use 20 to 30 % of soy flour in the production of royal jelly.