Proceedings of the International Conference on Improving Tropical Animal Production for Food Security (ITAPS 2021)

Drying Methods Effect on Chemical Content of Pollen, Study of Oil Palm Pollen as Honeybee Feed

Authors
Sri Minarti1, *, Mochammad Junus1, Lilik Eka Radiati2, Firman Jaya2, Shafa Fa’izah3, Fitriarisa Landa4, Ida Handayani4, Derah Musci Warasi4, Muhammad Anang Fitriyono4
1Animal Production Department, Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University
2Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University
3Masters Program of Animal Science Program, Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University
4Undergraduate of Animal Science Program, Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University
*Corresponding author. Email: minartiherman@ub.ac.id
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Sri Minarti
Available Online 29 March 2022.
DOI
10.2991/absr.k.220309.096How to use a DOI?
Keywords
pollen; palm oil; sun drying; oven drying; chemical content
Abstract

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is a plant that is used as raw material for various food products, medicines, cosmetics and energy sources. Oil palm has a productive age of up to 25-26 years, harvested from the age of 3-4 years, and reaches peak production at the age of 9-14 years. As a fruit-producing plant, oil palm produces compound flowers in the form of a tuft and increases in number with age, thus providing the potential for pollinating insects such as bees to obtain pollen as a protein source for their colonies. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference between sun dried pollen and oven-dried pollen on chemical contents as honeybee feed. The research used two pollen drying methods with sun drying and oven drying at 60°C in 4 hours and analyzed with a completely randomized design (CRD) method with 6 treatments and 4 replications. The result showed that the drying method gave some different effects (P<0.01) on proteins, fat, and ash contents, so it can be concluded that the drying method had some effect on nutrient content. The conclusion of this study is the oven drying method had lower water contents that prevent the pollen from easily rotten and had higher proteins, fat, and carbohydrate contents that are beneficial for honeybee colonies.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Improving Tropical Animal Production for Food Security (ITAPS 2021)
Series
Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Publication Date
29 March 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-557-2
ISSN
2468-5747
DOI
10.2991/absr.k.220309.096How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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AU  - Sri Minarti
AU  - Mochammad Junus
AU  - Lilik Eka Radiati
AU  - Firman Jaya
AU  - Shafa Fa’izah
AU  - Fitriarisa Landa
AU  - Ida Handayani
AU  - Derah Musci Warasi
AU  - Muhammad Anang Fitriyono
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/29
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BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Improving Tropical Animal Production for Food Security (ITAPS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 502
EP  - 505
SN  - 2468-5747
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DO  - 10.2991/absr.k.220309.096
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