Evaluación de la eficiencia de diferentes modelos de trampas para polen disponibles en el mercado, que están al alcance de los productores apícolas.

Abstract

The beekeeping activity at Comarca Andina is developed as a complementary activity from others, it is usually held by small producers who develop it in a non – industrial, traditional way, getting honey as only and main product from beehives, not considering diversification. The activity itself allows a wide range of resources that we can get from the hive which would generate a higher money income, providing the possibility of economic/ financial stability for small/familiar industries. Pollen is part of the diversity of products which is an item that is of great nutritional supply, improving diet’s quality of people due to the amino-acids, proteins, fats, minerals and trace elements. That is reason why the use of pollen traps is being analysed to get the corbicula pollen which you can get in the market. Along this work the four kinds of pollen traps used in the region will be compared. Parameters are: adaptability, how much comfortable is it to install it in the hive and the harvest in terms of efficiency in the collecting chore, to get information to be shared with producers from Comarca Andina from parallel 42°S and thus this information to encourage diversification of hive products and to provide the tools to make good decisions.