Abstract
This study was conducted at the apiary of the Beekeeping Research Section at the Sakha Agricultural Research Station, ARC, Kafrelsheikh, and other apiaries in Kafrelsheikh province, during two successive years 2015 and 2016. The study aimed to survey nectar and pollen floral resources in Kafrelsheikh province. Ninty seven plant species belonging to 33 families were recorded as nectar sources, and 82 plant species belonging to 36 families were recorded as pollen sources during the whole year. The largest amount of monthly trapped pollen was obtained during May followed by August. It can be concluded that, beekeepers in Kafrelsheikh province can harvest good honey yield at the end of blooming seasons of citrus (
Citrus
spp.) during March and April, Egyptian clover (
Trifolium alexandrinum
L.) during May and June, loofah (
Luffa aegyptiaca
Mill.) during June to October, cotton (
Gossypium
spp.) during July and August, and banana (
Musa
spp.) during August and September. They also, could be trapping pollen loads collected from faba bean (
Vicia faba
L.) and flax (
Linum usitatissimum
L.) during January to March, date palm (
Phoenix dactylifera
L.) during March and April, Egyptian clover during May and June, summer seed watermelon (
Citrullus lanatus
var.
colothynthoides
L.) during June and July, loofah and maize (
Zea mays
L.) during June to November.