Evaluation of pollen collected by honey bee,Apis mellifera L. colonies at Fay…

The present work is the 1st part of 3-part study carried out at Fayoum Governorate,Eypt to evaluate the pollen species collected by honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colonies during two successive years, 2009 and 2010. Obtained results showed that, in 2009, total amount of trapped pollen (fresh weight) was 2354.89 g/colony/year (mean 588.72 g/colony/season), with peaks in summer and spring, while d…