DETERMINACIÓN PALINOLÓGICA DE LOS RECURSOS FLORALES UTILIZADOS POR APIS MELLIFERA L. (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) EN EL ESTADO DE MORELOS, MÉXICO*

Abstract

Melisopalynological analysis of three honey
samples produced by Apis mellifera was carried out for three different sites in Morelos,
Mexico. Altogether 41 taxa belonging to 23
plant families were found, although only seven plant species belonging to four families
were important sources (with percentages
> 10%). The most important plant families
were Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae, Leguminosae and Rubiaceae. In the three samples pollen of herbaceous species was abundantly
represented. Only seven pollen types were
common to all samples: Asteraceae type 1,
Poaceae, Salvia, Dalea, Eucalyptus, Lopezia and Heliocarpus donnell-smithii. One
sample was characterized as monofloral and
the other two as multifloral.