Floral Calendar of Honeybee Plants in Kellem and West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Table 5

Plant diversity with pollen weight in a family from bee pollen collected in midland agroecology.

No.	Family name	Plant species		Bee pollen weight
		In number	In percentage	In gram	In percentage
1	Asteraceae	6	21.4	1310.5	90.1
2	Euphorbiaceae	3	10.7	26.0	1.8
3	Brassicaceae	2	7.1	25.4	1.7
4	Myrtaceae	2	7.1	20.2	1.4
5	Poaceae	2	7.1	20.0	1.4
6	Fabaceae	1	3.6	12.0	0.8
7	Acanthaceae	1	3.6	14.0	0.9
8	Rubiaceae	1	3.6	10.4	0.7
9	Boraginaceae	1	3.6	5.2	0.3
10	Combretaceae	1	3.6	2.6	0.2
11	Anacardiaceae	1	3.6	2.1	0.1
12	Polygonaceae	1	3.6	1.9	0.1
13	Primulaceae	1	3.6	1.3	0.08
14	Cactaceae	1	3.6	1.0	0.06
15	Araliaceae	1	3.6	0.8	0.05
16	Solanaceae	1	3.6	0.7	0.04
17	Malvaceae	1	3.6	0.4	0.02
18	Papilionaceae	1	3.6	0.1	0.006