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Increasing the profitability of propolis production in honey bee colonies by utilizing remote sensing techniques to spot locations of trees as potential sources of resin

ABSTRACT Propolis is produced by honey bees utilizing resins from different plants especially trees. Propolis is incorporated in many industries and has many medicinal uses, and is also considered among valuable products from honey bee colonies. Beekeepers can produce propolis from their colonies after the end of honey seasons. Locations containing high numbers of trees are very suitable for propolis production by honey bee colonies. Searching for suitable locations to obtain high amounts of propolis from bee colonies is very crucial especially when no forests are available as in Egypt. In this study, geographical information system (GIS) and Landsat satellite images were utilized to identify potential locations for propolis production in the study area (Kafr Al-Shiekh Governorate, Egypt). The analysis depended on unsupervised and supervised image classification followed by using spatial analyst tools. Real images were used to verify the correctness of the classified locations. It is possible to predict the potential locations for propolis production using remote sensing to increase the profitability from honey bee colonies.