شناسايي و معرفي گياهان دارويي مورد استفاده ي زنبور عسل در منطقه ي كندوان استان آذربايجان شرقي

Identification and Introduction of Medicinal Plants Visited by Honeybees in Kandovan Region (East Azarbaijan)

Beekeepers use Kandovan region as an apiary to collect nectar and produce marketable honey. This study was conducted to determine medicinal plants visited by honeybees in this area. If these plants were determined, their time of flowering and locations could be recommended to the bee keepers for the emplacement of honeybee colonies to produce high quality and quantity honey in the beehives. In this project collection of nectar, pollen and both pollen and nectar by honeybees surveyed for two years in every 7-10 days intervals, within the radius of 3 Km. from the apiary. Plants collected (256 spp) were determined in the herbarium of the Agricultural and Natural Research Center of Tabriz and medicinal plants were then separated by using scientific reference books and also by native rural people. From all of the plants species collected and determined in Kandovan region, 98 species were found to be visited by bees. These species belonged to 66 genera and 22 families. Fifty two species out of 98 were determined to be medicinal plants in this region. These species did belong to the following genera: Lamiaceae (7 species), Fabaceae (8 species), Rosaceae (7 species), Asteraceae (6 species) and Apiaceae (3 species). Nine species of these plants produced nectar, 18 species pollen and 23 species both pollen and nectar.