Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia

Meliponiculture is an activity of stingless beekeeping, where the colony of stingless bees extracted from the wild for the purpose of profit. It is the art and science of keeping stingless bees for honey, pollen, resin and ecological services. With the managing of bees in artificial hives, it enable...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Julaila, Amer, Nur Kamaliah, Atef, Nagwaen, Halim, Mohd Azam
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Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design 2019
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spelling iium-779102020-01-08T03:06:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77910/ Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia Abdul Rahman, Julaila Amer, Nur Kamaliah Atef, Nagwaen Halim, Mohd Azam H Social Sciences (General) Meliponiculture is an activity of stingless beekeeping, where the colony of stingless bees extracted from the wild for the purpose of profit. It is the art and science of keeping stingless bees for honey, pollen, resin and ecological services. With the managing of bees in artificial hives, it enables beekeeper to propagate colonies and produce products such as honey, pollen and propolis. This study aims to propose a suitable design for stingless bee nest, which will be using in a small housing area in Malaysia. Colonies of G. Thoracica were used to study the nest structure and growth, foraging activity and morphometry of worker bee. With this study, it is hoped that many more users can involve in meliponiculture for domestic purposes, which will also contribute to the Malaysian economy in general. Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design 2019-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77910/1/Bees%20for%20DI%20Vol%201%20Issue%202%202019.pdf Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Amer, Nur Kamaliah and Atef, Nagwaen and Halim, Mohd Azam (2019) Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia. Design Ideals, 1 (2). pp. 14-19. http://www.iium.edu.my/kulliyyah/kaed/research-and-publication
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Abdul Rahman, Julaila
Amer, Nur Kamaliah
Atef, Nagwaen
Halim, Mohd Azam
Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia
description Meliponiculture is an activity of stingless beekeeping, where the colony of stingless bees extracted from the wild for the purpose of profit. It is the art and science of keeping stingless bees for honey, pollen, resin and ecological services. With the managing of bees in artificial hives, it enables beekeeper to propagate colonies and produce products such as honey, pollen and propolis. This study aims to propose a suitable design for stingless bee nest, which will be using in a small housing area in Malaysia. Colonies of G. Thoracica were used to study the nest structure and growth, foraging activity and morphometry of worker bee. With this study, it is hoped that many more users can involve in meliponiculture for domestic purposes, which will also contribute to the Malaysian economy in general.
format Article
author Abdul Rahman, Julaila
Amer, Nur Kamaliah
Atef, Nagwaen
Halim, Mohd Azam
author_facet Abdul Rahman, Julaila
Amer, Nur Kamaliah
Atef, Nagwaen
Halim, Mohd Azam
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Julaila
title Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia
title_short Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia
title_full Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia
title_fullStr Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia
title_sort stingless bee nest for housing area in malaysia
publisher Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/77910/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/77910/1/Bees%20for%20DI%20Vol%201%20Issue%202%202019.pdf
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