Question

what is pasturage and how it is related to honey production

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Answer 1

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Pasturage refers to the plants or vegetation available in the area for grazing animals. Flowers of these plants decide the quality and quantity of honey produced by honeys bees. This nectar remain inside the honey bee stomach for sometime where it gets mixed with bee's protein & enzymes.

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Answer 2

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• The flora visited by workers bees for nectar collection is called pasturage. It should be within the reach of the worker bees. The quality of pasturage determines the type, taste and quality of honey. For good quality of honey the pasturage flora should include trees like almond, tamarind, ber, litchi, berseem, cotton, shishum, apple, mahua, coriander, cashew, coffee, rubber plant, sunflower, and guava etc.