Preferensi dan Pencarian Pakan Lebah tanpa Sengat pada Berbagai Tipe Penggunaan Lahan di Pulau Lombok

Availability of sufficient feed ensures the success of the stingless bee's keeping. One of the foods utilized is pollen. Pollen is powder which produced by male genitalia on flowers and contains protein, vitamins, and minerals needed by bees. The aims of this study is looking for preferences and searching for feed through the identification of pollen at stup and studies the flight range to find food. This research was conducted in 26 villages in four districts on the Lombok island during November 2017 until February 2018. Determination of the sample was carried out using the snowball information method to get 26 farmers and 1.57% stup taken as samples on three different types of land use, there are agroecosystems, forests, and settlements. Pollen samples are taken directly and analyzed by acetolysis and identified in the laboratory. Potential feed were observed directly through plant's identification that are located within a radius of 500 meters from the hive. The results showed that the stingless bee's feed from the Bromeliaceae and Cyperaceae in all types of land use. The Liliaceae is a potential feed in the agroecosystem, while Asteraceae is a potential feed in residential and forest land. Stingless bee that are cultivated in agroecosystem tend to look for food around a radius of 500 m, in forest foraging for food outside the radius and in settlement have a 50% tendency to look for food within a radius. This information is expected to be beneficial for the stingless bee's beekeeping, especially in Lombok Island

Analisis Kelayakan Usaha Budidaya Lebah Kelulut di Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat

ENGLISHEven though the demand for honeybees is high, the production of this commodity is considered low. Generally, the production of honey can be categorized as the wild honeybee and cultivated honeybee productions. Honeybee cultivation has the potential to be developed in Lombok island. Apart from its ease of honeybee cultivation, this activity creates a positive impact on economic aspects like income generation and opening job opportunities. This study investigated the feasibility of the honeybee production business. The research was conducted in three districts in Lombok Island namely Lombok Timur, Lombok Utara, and Lombok Barat Districts. Data were collected through conducting surveys, in-depth interviews, and document studies. The sampling method used purposive sampling. The study showed that the production cost of the kelulut honeybee cultivation was Rp17,893,468 while the revenue was Rp21,850,000 so generated profit was Rp3,956,532. Thus, the revenue cost ratio (R/C ratio) of the kelulut honeybee cultivation was 1.2 which meant the kelulut cultivation business was feasible. The profit of this business was relatively low because this business was a small-scale honeybee production that applied a traditional method. To develop the kelulut cultivation business, support from stakeholders in particular local government is needed. INDONESIAMeskipun tingkat permintaan produk madu di pasaran cukup tinggi, produksi madu di Indonesia masih rendah sehingga belum mampu mencukupi kebutuhan pasar. Secara umum, produksi madu dapat dikategorikan menjadi dua yaitu produksi madu alam dan madu budidaya. Budidaya madu Lebah Kelulut berpotensi untuk dikembangkan di Pulau Lombok. Selain budidaya Lebah Kelulut relatif mudah, aktivitas ini juga berdampak positif terhadap aspek ekonomi yaitu peningkatan pendapatan masyarakat dan pembukaan lapangan kerja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melakukan analisis finansial budidaya Lebah Kelulut. Penelitian dilaksanakan di tiga kabupaten di Pulau Lombok, yaitu Kabupaten Lombok Timur, Lombok Utara, dan Lombok Barat. Metode pengumpulan data yang dilakukan meliputi survei, wawancara, dan studi dokumen. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa biaya yang dikeluarkan untuk produksi madu dari budidaya Lebah Kelulut di Pulau Lombok sebesar Rp17.893.468, penerimaan sebesar Rp21.850.000 sehingga diperoleh hasil keuntungan sebesar Rp3.956.532. Nilai rasio RC diperoleh sebesar 1,2 yang berarti usaha budidaya kelulut layak diusahakan. Keuntungan yang diperoleh relatif kecil. Hal ini disebabkan skala usaha yang juga masih kecil. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan dukungan khususnya dari pemerintah daerah untuk mengembangkan usaha budidaya Lebah Kelulut