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Budidaya Pakan Lebah Madu di Kawasan Fakultas Kehutanan USU Kuala Bekala

Cultivation of Honeybee Feed Plants at the Faculty of Forestry Area Kuala Bekala

Authors
  • Dwi Endah Widyastuti Fakultas Kehutanan, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Kampus 2 USU Kuala Bekala, Kab. Deli Serdang 20353, Indonesia
  • Alfan Gunawan Ahmad Fakultas Kehutanan, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Kampus 2 USU Kuala Bekala, Kab. Deli Serdang 20353, Indonesia
  • Anizar Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. Almamater. Kampus USU Padang Bulan, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Novita Anggraini Fakultas Kehutanan, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Kampus 2 USU Kuala Bekala, Kab. Deli Serdang 20353, Indonesia
Issue       Vol 8 No 2 (2025): Talenta Conference Series: Local Wisdom, Social, and Arts (LWSA)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32734/lwsa.v8i2.2461
Keywords: budidaya tanaman pakan lebah madu keberlanjutan plant cultivation honeybee feed sustainability
Published 2025-03-07

Abstract

Kegiatan pengabdian budidaya tanaman pakan lebah dilaksanakan di Kawasan Fakultas Kehutanan USU Kuala Bekala. Peternakan lebah madu yang berkelanjutan memerlukan ketersediaan pakan yang memadai, hal tersebut seringkali kurang dipahami oleh masyarakat, sehingga usaha peternakan kurang berkembang. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah agar masyarakat mengenal jenis-jenis tanaman pakan lebah madu dan dapat melakukan budidaya tanaman. Kegiatan dilaksanakan selama 6 bulan, sejak bulan Juni hingga November 2024. Pelaksana pengabdian adalah dosen dan mahasiswa USU, sedangkan mitra kegiatan adalah pekerja kebersihan di Fakultas Kehutanan. Jenis tanaman pakan lebah yang dibudidayakan adalah Air mata pengantin, Santos, Kaliandra, Pukul 8, Asoka dan Belimbing manis. Hasil pengabdian menunjukan bahwa jenis-jenis tanaman pakan lebah tersebut dapat tumbuh dengan baik di kawasan Fakultas Kehutanan USU Kuala Bekala dan berpotensi dikembangkan hingga mencukupi jumlahnya untuk usaha peternakan lebah madu yang berkelanjutan. Pemilihan ukuran bibit, waktu penanaman dan pemeliharaan menjadi faktor yang mempengaruhi persen tumbuh bibit di lapangan.

Service activities for cultivating bee feed plants were carried out in the USU Kuala Bekala Faculty of Forestry area. Sustainable honey bee farming requires the availability of adequate feed, this is often not understood by the public, so that the livestock business is underdeveloped. The aim of this service is for the public to know the types of plants that honey bees feed on and to be able to cultivate the plants. The activities will be carried out for 6 months, from June to November 2024. The organizers of the service are USU lecturers and students, while the activity partners are cleaning workers at the Faculty of Forestry. The types of bee food plants cultivated are Air mata pengantin, Santos, Kaliandra, Pukul 8, Ashoka and Sweet Starfruit. The results of the service show that these types of bee food plants can grow well in the USU Kuala Bekala Faculty of Forestry area and have the potential to be developed to sufficient numbers for a sustainable honey bee farming business. Selection of seed size, planting time and maintenance are factors that influence the percentage of seedling growth in the field.