Mapping of medicinal flora as honey bee forage

Abstract

A study was made to prepare and observe mapping of existing medicinal flora as honey bee forage. The field activities were conducted between July 2014 and June 2015 in and around Chandigarh to observe the details of the diversity of bee flora. As many as twenty different medicinal plant species belonging to eleven tree species, three shrub species and six herb species under thirteen families were identified as potential honeybee forage plants during the course of the present study.