Open AccessPotential growth of meliponiculture in West Halmahera, Indonesia
Author(s) -
H. Salatnaya,
Widiatmaka Widiatmaka,
Cece Sumantri,
S. Kahoho,
Asnath Maria Fuah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/399/1/012046
Subject(s) - beekeeping , stingless bee , forage , geography , natural resource , elevation (ballistics) , beehive , forestry , ecology , biology , hymenoptera , mathematics , apidae , geometry
Meliponiculture is stingless bee’s beekeeping, developed in many countries, also Indonesia. Stingless bee produced honey with high value, wax, and propolis that used by humans, also to pollinate crops. West Halmahera, North Moluccas Province, Indonesia has potencies for the growth of meliponiculture, supported by natural resources that produced nectars and pollens to feed them, as well as resins for the nest and defenses. Land suitability has been considered in beekeeping. This research was conducted in West Halmahera. This paper aims to evaluate the land suitability for the growth of meliponiculture in West Halmahera. The method used was Multi-Criteria Decision Making. There are four (4) criteria used, which are: elevation, temperature, bee forage potency, and land use. These criteria were weighted by Analytical Hierarchy Process. The criteria’s weights, as well as sub-criteria scores resulted, were used to delineate areas that are suitable for bee in a model by using Geographic Information System. The result of the analysis showed that West Halmahera has 99% potencies for the growth of meliponiculture in various levels of suitability. The highly suitable (S1) area for meliponiculture is 26.46%, suitable (S2) is 59.46% and marginally suitable (S3) is 13.18%.