PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON BEES AT PULAU BIDONG AND PULAU PERHENTIAN, TERENGGANU

Abstract

Studies on bees, Apoidea were conducted in Pulau Bidong from 2 June until 6 June 2015 and Pulau Perhentian from 14 September until 18 September 2015 to identify the bees species present in both islands. Bees were collected by active method using aerial net along 1 km - 2 km sampling transect, and passive methods using two Modifid Pennsylvanian light traps and 20 baited traps for four trapping nights. A total of 61 individuals of bees from fie species were collected from Pulau Bidong and 20 individuals of bees from fie species were collected from Pulau Perhentian. In order to get the actual species list at both islands, more samplings need to be conducted to cover the whole islands.