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STEVANOVIC,JEVROSIMA; STANIMIROVIC,ZORAN; SIMEUNOVIC,PREDRAG; LAKIC,NADA; RADOVIC,IVICA; SOKOVIC,MARINA; GRIENSVEN,LEO J.L.D. VAN. |
ABSTRACT This study was done to discover any beneficial effect of a medicinal mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis extract on the honey bee. Firstly, a laboratory experiment was conducted on 640 bees reared in 32 single-use plastic rearing cups. A. brasiliensis extract proved safe in all doses tested (50, 100 and 150 mg/kg/day) irrespective of feeding mode (sugar syrup or candy). Secondly, a three-year field experiment was conducted on 26 colonies treated with a single dose of A. brasiliensis extract (100 mg/kg/day) added to syrup. Each year the colonies were treated once in autumn and twice in spring. The treatments significantly increased colony strength parameters: brood rearing improvement and adult population growth were noticed more often than the increase... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apis mellifera; Colony strength; Medicinal mushroom ‘Cogumelo do Sol’; Natural-based supplement. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000100219 |
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