This work aims to promote beekeeping activity in rural areas where eucalyptus can play a leading role as nectar species. This objective necessarily involves the identification of eucalyptus species of melliferous interest and the selection of the most successful species in terms of abundance of flowering, its duration, and its spreading throughout the year.
The selection of Eucalyptus with a melliferous vacation in humid and arid environments
- Category: Aromatic & Medicinal Plants
- Themes: Forest management considering biodiversity conservation
- Position in the value chain: R & D
- Type: Research
- Scale: National
- Country: Tunisia
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- Keywords: Apiculture, aromatics, Eucalyptus sp., Flowering, Melliferous, wild harvested plants
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