The Potency of Apiculture in Pattaneteang Village Forest, Bantaeng Regency, Indonesia

This study aims to analyze of vegetation of honey bee feed and determine the potency of apiculture development in the Pattaneteang Village Forest, Bantaeng Regency, Indonesia. This study conducted by inventory and analysis of vegetation to know the types of vegetation in the Pattaneteang Forest Village. Vegetation analysis using stratification sampling. Vegetation data collected by making sample units (plots) for tree, pole, piling, and seedling levels. Size of plot used was 20 m x 20 m for tree level, 10 m x 10 m for pole level, 5 m x 5 m for sapling level, and 2 m x 2 m for seedling level. The inventory results were analyzed to determine: density, frequency, dominance, relative density, relative frequency, relative dominance, and important value index. The value of diversity index (H ') of tree, pile, sapling and seedling level in Pattaneteang village forest were 3.25; 3.36; 3.19 and 3.26. This shows that the level of diversity of species for apiculture development in the Pattaneteang Village Forest is high on all levels of vegetation. Percentage types of tree, poles, sapling and seedlings that include bee feed were 86.05%; 88.10%; 87.50%; and 83.87%. This shows that the potency of the plant that produce bee feed (nectar and polen) in the Pattaneteang Village Forest was very abundat. The condition in Pattaneteang Village Forest area is very supportive for the development of apiculture. One of honey bee feed that has potential to be developed in the form of agroforestry in Pattaneteang Village Forest is coffee plant which flowering throughout the year.