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Pallynological Analysis of Pollen Collected by Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in the Prague-West District
Štrachová, Markéta ; Říhová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Hanel, Lubomír (referee)
Title of the Thesis The Palynological Analysis of the Pollen Collected by Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in the Prague-West Area Abstract This diploma thesis underlines the importance and significance of bee pasture. The first part of the thesis contains the presentation of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). It also describes the structure of the pollen grain, pollen as such, and its use regarding bee nutrition, the factors determining bee harvest of pollen, the means of its collecting and the use of bee pollen and bee bread. Furthermore, there are characteristics of pollen pasture in the time of early spring, spring, summer, late summer and autumn. The second part is dedicated to the palynological analysis of the area of Prague-West, Úhonice. The diploma thesis contains the evaluation of the food offer for the bees from the aforementioned location, and the summary of pollen-yielding plants blooming between 1 April 2017 and 27 June 2017. The sampling of pollen balls, which had taken place within this time span, provided the initial information about the nutrition of bees as well as the data regarding the diversity of plant species in the chosen location. In total, the samples contained 98 kinds of plants, out of which 31 were dominantly present above the limit of 6 percent. The longest lasting source of pollen was...
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Pallynological Analysis of Pollen Collected by Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in the Prague-West District
Štrachová, Markéta ; Říhová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Hanel, Lubomír (referee)
Title of the Thesis The Palynological Analysis of the Pollen Collected by Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in the Prague-West Area Abstract This diploma thesis underlines the importance and significance of bee pasture. The first part of the thesis contains the presentation of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). It also describes the structure of the pollen grain, pollen as such, and its use regarding bee nutrition, the factors determining bee harvest of pollen, the means of its collecting and the use of bee pollen and bee bread. Furthermore, there are characteristics of pollen pasture in the time of early spring, spring, summer, late summer and autumn. The second part is dedicated to the palynological analysis of the area of Prague-West, Úhonice. The diploma thesis contains the evaluation of the food offer for the bees from the aforementioned location, and the summary of pollen-yielding plants blooming between 1 April 2017 and 27 June 2017. The sampling of pollen balls, which had taken place within this time span, provided the initial information about the nutrition of bees as well as the data regarding the diversity of plant species in the chosen location. In total, the samples contained 98 kinds of plants, out of which 31 were dominantly present above the limit of 6 percent. The longest lasting source of pollen was...
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