Birds May Increase Honey Production
Movements of birds may enable bee farmers to increase the present yield in Western Australia. Apiarists there have asked the Royal Australian Ornithologists’ Association to keep track of the movements of purple-crowned lorikeets - (glossopsitta prophyrocepbala) throughout the year. The lorikeets, a species of parrot, live almost exclusively on nectar, and flocks closely follow the blooming of eucalyptus. They are found in great numbers in the karri forests when the trees are in flower, and go on to the red-gum and jarrah forests as they begin to blossom. Then the birds disappear. Bee farmers are anxious to discover seasonal movements of the lorikeet flocks, because this knowledge would enable them to forecast honey flows and to plan movements of their migratory bee colonies.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 42, 17 January 1949, Page 6
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127Birds May Increase Honey Production Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 42, 17 January 1949, Page 6
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