CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN SPRING MEDONUM RESOURCES OF DAGESTAN
Nectar-bearing and dust-bearing plants in the aggregate comprise honey resources for the development of beekeeping. All functions and properties of honey resources have not been studied to date, so the goal of our work was to study the phenology and nectar productivity of spring honey plants of Dagestan in the spring, as it is of great importance for the early spring development of bee brood. Methods. The object of our research was spring honey plants growing in the territory of Dagestan. The collected material was determined using determinants of well-known scientists. All ordered species of melliferous plants we have ordered according to the taxonomy of plants, using the method of honey specimen. Results. We have collected and determined more than 30 species of spring honey plants. Their nectar productivity with flowering phenology was also determined. The study of the species composition of spring wild-growing and cultivated melliferous plants, the peculiarities of its distribution in phytocenoses, and the flowering phenology is the basis for rational placement of apiaries and obtaining high honey collections. The successful development of the beekeeping industry directly depends on the study and proper organization of the feed base of bees. Conclusions. Due to springtime changing weather conditions and insufficient strength in the early spring period, bee colonies cannot fully collect the existing nectar from these plants and what is collected goes to the development of bee colonies.