This study was done in special apiary (Latakia province) to define the effect of
adding some vitamins on the nutrition of the local honeybee colonies at the rate of
acceptation in the plastic and wax cups are grafted with larva; and in the producti
vity of
royal jelly. The results showed that best of acceptation rate was achieved by vitamin C
treatment that arrived to 85.41% in the wax cups and 75.83% in the plastic cups.
According to results of the statistical analysis, it significantly surpassed upon all other
treatments, whereas there wasn’t any significant difference between the treatment with
vitamin Aand control, no matter what kind of cups it used. The results of average weight of
the royal jelly in the cup showed that the treatment of vitamin C achieved the best value
that reached to 0.348 g of the wax cups and 0.312 g of plastic cups.The statistical analysis
showed superiority of the treatment vitamin C and B upon other treatments (vitamin A and
control) while using the wax cups, whereas there was no significant difference in the
average weight of the royal jelly between the two kinds of cups when treating with vitamin
A and control.
This research was conducted in some apiaries that Royal Jelly produce at Lattakia
Governorate, which is one of the most important areas of beekeeping in Syria. This
research aimed to study the investment requirements, and calculate the annual produ
ction
costs, farm income indicators, and other economic indicators.
In this research was used the descriptive economic analysis, data were collected of 8
apiaries, according to a form designed for this purpose, data were analyzed using
appropriate statistical programs.
Results showed the annual mean of royal jelly production costs, Returns, and profits
in natural and additive feeding at Lattakia Governorate were 46865.5 Syrian pounds\hive,
112700 Syrian pounds\hive, 65834, Syrian pounds\hive, respectively, While net production
costs, and net profits amounted to 42624.2 Syrian pounds\hive, and 8.57895 Syrian
pounds\hive, respectively, and net relative income 140.50 %, also rent coefficient in
relation to production costs and capital were 169.86 %, 115.16 %, respectively, and
profitability coefficient in relation to production costs and capital were 140.48 %, 95.24 %,
respectively, while economic efficiency, and the Payback period were 2.40, 1.05 year,
respectively.
This study was done in special apiary ( Lattakia province ) to define the effect of adding some vitamins (A,B,C) on the nutrition of the local honeybee colonies at the rate of acceptation in the plastic and wax cups are grafted with larva; and in the productivity of royal jelly , this study was carried out during two period : nectar flow season and nectar poor season.
