Evaluation of selected medicinal and aromatic plants for use as bee pasture under the ecological conditions of Bingöl

Year 2025, Volume: 62 Issue: 3, 391 - 406, 18.09.2025

Rıdvan Uçar , Kağan Kökten , Erdal Çaçan

https://doi.org/10.20289/zfdergi.1615673

Abstract

Objective: Use of some cultivated medicinal and aromatic plants as bee pasture to examine their potential.
Materials and methods: The study was conducted using lavender (Lavandula officinalis), basil (Ocimum basilicum), thyme (Satureja hortensis) plants and honeybee colonies in the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 growing seasons.
Results: In both years of the study, lavender was the first plant to be visited by bees. According to the two-year averages, basil was open to bee visits for 58 days, thyme for 38 days and lavender for 30 days. The average number of honeybee visits was 63.9 in lavender, 55.75 in thyme, and 12.2 in basil. Bees spent the most time in lavender flowers and the least time in thyme flowers. In terms of years and plants, all characteristics of thyme were statistically significant except the number of plants per square meter in 2021 and the number of flowers per stem in lavender in 2022.
Conclusion: It was concluded that these plants can be used directly or indirectly as bee pasture in Bingöl province and similar ecological conditions. Since this study is one of the first to explore this subject, alternative plants, conditions, and methods need to be further investigated.

Keywords

Basil , bee plant relationship , honeybee , lavender , thyme

Supporting Institution

Bingöl University Pilot University Coordination Center Unit.

Project Number

PİKOM-Bitki.2019.001

Thanks

We would like to thank the Pilot University Coordination Center Unit for their support.

Bingöl ekolojik koşullarında arı merası olarak kullanılabilecek seçilmiş tıbbi ve aromatik bitkilerin değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Tarımı yapılan bazı tıbbi ve aromatik bitkilerin arı merası olarak kullanılma potansiyellerinin incelenmesi amacıyla yürütülmüştür.
Materyal ve Yöntem: Çalışma 2020/2021 ve 2021/2022 yetiştirme sezonunda lavanta (Lavandula officinalis), fesleğen (Ocimum basilicum), kekik (Satureja hortensis) bitkileri ve bal arısı kolonileri kullanılarak yürütülmüştür.
Tartışma Bulguları: Çalışmanın her iki yılında da lavanta ilk arı ziyaretine açılan bitki olmuştur. İki yıllık ortalamalara göre; fesleğen 58 gün, kekik 38 gün ve lavanta 30 gün arı ziyaretine açık kalmışlardır. Bal arısı ortalama ziyaret sayısının lavantada 63.9 adet, kekikte 55.75 adet fesleğende ise 12.2 adet olarak elde edilmiştir. Arılar en fazla süreyi lavanta çiçeğinde geçirirken, en az süreyi kekik çiçeğinde geçirmiştir. Yıllar ve bitkiler özelinde: kekik bitkisinin 2021 yılı metrekaredeki bitki sayısı ve lavantanın 2022 yılı sap başına çiçek sayısı parametreleri dışında kalan tüm özelikleri istatistiki açıdan önemli bulunmuştur.
Sonuç: Bu bitkilerin Bingöl ili ve benzer ekolojik koşullarda direk ya da dolaylı olarak arı merası olarak kullanılmasının mümkün olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Bu çalışmanın konu ile ilgili yapılan ilk çalışmalardan olması nedeni ile alternatif bitkiler, koşullar ve yöntemler ile daha fazla araştırılmaya ihtiyacı bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Fesleğen , arı bitki ilişkisi , bal arısı , lavanta , kekik

Project Number

PİKOM-Bitki.2019.001

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