Abstract

The goal of the current research was to determine how nutrient-rich diets might affect physiological processes and, in turn, honey production. During the winter and summer of 2019–2020, 18 colonies of Apis mellifera L. were chosen from the Dera Ismail Khan area of KPK, Pakistan. To find the most pleasant pollen supplement diet to feed as an alternative to bee bread, five pollen supplement diets were developed and offered. The results of food consumption considering mean data for consumption rate showed that honey bees ingested the most soybean flour-enriched artificial diet (74.34 g) each week. The grinded groundnut enhanced diet (64.62 g) had the lowest consumption, compared to the other fake diets that were put to the test. According to the area of worker brood results, the control diet (463.51 cm2/colony) was the least effective, while the soybean flour enriched diet (1489.27 cm2/colony) was statistically notable compared to the other artificial diets. The bee colonies fed a diet fortified with soybean flour had the highest bee strength (10.00 bee frames/colony), date paste (8.0 bee frames/colony) was the next most effective pollen replacement diet, and groundnut flour (5 bee frames/colony) had the lowest. The newborn bees with the highest body weight (12.41 g) were fed a meal enhanced with soybeans, whereas those with the lowest body weight (5.31 g) were fed a control diet. The development of wax cells and foraging effectiveness were also better in artificial diets than in the corresponding control bees. Therefore, artificial diets, particularly pollen alternatives high in soybeans, can improve honey bee physiology, increasing honey production and profit [1].