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

Table 7

Plant diversity and pollen weight in a family from bee pollen collected in lowland agroecology.

No.	Family name	Plant species		Bee pollen weight
		In number	In percentage	In gram	In percentage
1	Asteraceae	6	25.0	1401.5	91.9
2	Euphorbiaceae	2	8.3	46.5	3.0
3	Poaceae	2	8.3	14.8	0.9
4	Brassicaceae	1	4.2	12.2	0.8
5	Fabaceae	1	4.2	9.1	0.6
6	Rubiaceae	1	4.2	8.4	0.5
7	Myrtaceae	2	8.3	8.1	0.5
8	Acanthaceae	1	4.2	7.1	0.4
9	Combretaceae	1	4.2	5.6	0.3
10	Musaceae	1	4.2	4.0	0.3
11	Boraginaceae	1	4.2	2.3	0.2
12	Polygonaceae	1	4.2	1.9	0.1
13	Anacardiaceae	1	4.2	1.1	0.07
14	Primulaceae	1	4.2	1.3	0.08
15	Solanaceae	1	4.2	0.6	0.04
16	Malvaceae	1	4.2	0.3	0.02