The Consumption Level of Sugar Cane and Their Effect on Suchrose Levels of Honey Tetragonula biroi Bees Budiaman (1*), Baharuddin (2) and Sekar Dian Rahman (3)
Hasanuddin University
Abstract
Bees are one of the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) that have the potential to be developed. People started cultivating Tetragonula biroi bees because they are classified as non-stinging bees. Honey bee cultivation must pay attention to the condition of the availability of bee feed and the environment in which it is kept. The availability of feed for bees is strongly influenced by environmental conditions such as during the flower famine season. The flower famine season for bees is a condition where the availability of flowers in nature is reduced due to weather conditions. This study aims to determine the level of consumption of T. biroi bees in Forest Village, Faculty of Forestry, Hasanuddin University on sugarcane juice as a substitute for bees and its effect on the percentage of sucrose content of honey produced. The collected data is then processed by descriptive method. The results showed that the consumption level of bees during the administration of sugarcane juice could reach 12.75gr/day with the average consumption of the four samples for 2 weeks ranging from 4.46 gr - 15.71 gr. While the sucrose content of honey given sugarcane juice after the titration test was carried out, the results ranged from 1.8% - 2.43% to meet the requirements of the honey sucrose standard of SNI 8664:2018.
