Ofijan Tesfaye

• Researcher II at Oromia Agricultural Research Institute

Honey is a natural substance synthesized by honeybees. Its physicochemical properties and antioxidant activities differ among honey types due to floral and entomological origins. This is a comparative study on the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of honey from Apis mellifera and Meliponula beccarii L. (stingless bee) collected from differ...

The development of blossoming seed plants that provide a genetically diverse crop of progeny depends on pollination. Sesamum indicum is an oilseed crop and requires both self and cross‐pollination that varies based on insect type, crop variety, and environmental factors. Hence, the experiment was conducted for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023)...

Honey is a natural product that is made by bees from the nectar of flowering plants. There is a flora preference by bees. Like other foods ready to eat,honey can be prone to microbial contamination. Honey plant sources can be analyzed from the composition of pollen grains in honey samples. The objective of this study was to assess microbial safety...

Beekeeping has significantly contributed to environmental conservation and the preservation of natural resources. Although the quality and quantity of flora available play a major role in the success of the sector, the botanical makeup of natural vegetation varies greatly. This study was conducted targeting the identification and documentation of m...

The antioxidant properties of natural honey primarily rely on the floral origin from which nectar is collected by bees. Thus, the current activity evaluated the antioxidant properties of honey based on its floral type. The honey floral origin was verified by the melissopalynological technique. Antioxidant properties were determined by using standar...

Background Honey is a natural sweetener and viscous food which is synthesized from the nectar of flowering plants by bees. As a worldwide, it has been traditionally used for incurring different diseases. However, In recent times, the emergence of multi and extended drug-resistant human pathogens called for an urgent search for more effective source...

Honey is a sweet natural product synthesized from nectars of flowers by different types of honey bees. It has been used as medicine in different cultures. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activities of honey samples from different sources against selected clinical and standard microorganisms. Antimicrobial activities of th...

To have the required colony population, feeding the colony is very crucial when there is a shortage of bee flora in the environment. The aim of this study is, therefore, to test the effect of pollen supplementary feeding during dearth period (2015/16 to 2016/17) at apiary site of Haro Sabu Agricultural Research Center of Kellem Wollega Zone, Wester...