PROTEIN CONTENT AND AMINO ACID PROFILES OF HONEYBEE COLLECTED POLLENS


PROTEIN CONTENT AND AMINO ACID PROFILES OF HONEYBEE-COLLECTED POLLENS
BY PETER STACE H.D.A. Dip.Agric.Extension This book contains information about the nutritional values to honeybees of some of the major pollens utilised by Australian beekeepers, with special reference to Northern N.S.W. and Southern Queensland. 1996
ISBN 0-7310-2867-8 August1996 Published by BEES ‘N TREES CONSULTANTS Lismore NSW AUSTRALIA 2480 *Copyright BEES ‘N TREES CONSULTANTS, Lismore* TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Introduction Autumn - the start of the season	Nutritional requirements of Honey Bees Pollen Quality Analysis reporting
AUTUMN-FLOWERING POLLEN SOURCES
New England messmate, Eucalyptus andrewsii ssp. andrewsii Broad-leaved stringybark, white stringybark, Eucalyptus caliginosa Thin-leaf stringybark, Eucalyptus eugenioides Pilliga box, Eucalyptus pilligaensis St Barnaby's thistle, yellow burr, Centaurea solstitialis Red stringybark, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Large-fruited grey gum, Eucalyptus punctata Pilliga, white bloodwood, Eucalyptus trachyphloia Tea-tree, belbowrie, Melaleuca quinquenervia Scribbly gum, Eucalyptus signata Brown stringybark, Eucalyptus laevopinea Drought or Flood - a rough rule of thumb
WINTER-FLOWERING POLLEN SOURCES
Ellangowan, Myoporum deserti Pine trees, Pinus spp Heath-leaved banksia, red cob banksia, Banksia ericifolia White box, Eucalyptus albens Fireweed, Senecio madagascariensis Narrow-leaf ironbark, Eucalyptus crebra
SPRING FLOWERING POLLEN SOURCES
Note on spring pollen Small crofton weed, mist flower, Agerata riparia Macadamia, Macadamia integrifolia Faba beans, Vicia faba Canola or rape seed, Brassica spp Turnip weed, Rapistrum rugosum Forest red gum, Queensland blue gum, Eucalyptus tereticornis White clover, Trifolium repens Hill gum, sand gum, tumbledown gum, Eucalyptus dealbata New England blackbutt, Eucalyptus andrewsii ssp. campanulata
SUMMER-FLOWERING POLLEN SOURCES
Blakely's red gum' Eucalyptus balkelji She-oak, Allocasuarina spp White mahogany, yellow stringybark, Eucalyptus acmenioides Broad-leaf white mahogany, Eucalyptus umbra Paterson's curse, Echium plantagineum Spotted gum, Eucalyptus maculata Silver-leaf ironbark, Eucalyptus melanophloia Blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularis Coastal apple tree, Angophera costata, Angophera subvelutina, Western Australian pollen: Jarrah Eucalyptus marginata, Marri E. calophylla Needlebark, bastard tallow wood, Eucalyptus planchoniana Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum Flatweed, false dandelion, Hypochoeris radicata Lucerne, Medicago sativa Tasmanian blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus Losphostemon suaveolens Corn or Maize, Zea mays Yellow vine, Tribulus terrestris Soybean flour
CRUDE PROTEIN OF POLLENS
Common names	Scientific names
Pollen collected for Feedback and bee diseases	Methods of feeding pollen back to bees
Pollen extenders	References
Appendix	Amino Acids for 8 Common Pollen Sources

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