Etude comparative de deux méthodes de récoltes (unique et partielles) dans deux modèles de ruches en Mitidja dans le centre Algérien

Abstract

The aim of the study was to show the effect of the harvesting method on the honey production and the effect of the type of bee hive on the brood comb evolution, weight of colonies and honey production. Bees “Apis mellifera intermisa” and two types of hives (Langstroth and Dadant) were used at Baba Ali (Mitidja at the central Algerian coast) as material of this comparative study. We tested two methods of harvesting, the total and the partial methods. Results show that the partial method is the best; it permits more honey production (P< 0,05) whatever the bee hive used. These results are explained by the larger space which is exploited by bees to store more honey, and which stimulate the queen to lay. Lagstroth type of bee hive permits a better progression (P< 0,05) of the brood comb of colonies’ weight and honey production. In the Dadant type which is larger than Langstroth one, the development of bees are poor due to the bad climatic conditions, so they can’t valorize the first flowering.