Honey plants of forests and mesophytic subalpine meadows of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

The list of honey plants of hawthorn-oak forest and mesophytic subalpine meadow is given. Forests and subalpine meadows of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are actively visited by bees. Some of the honey plants were studied for the first time in Azerbaijan in terms of honey production. As a result of the research, it was found that each hectare of sparse forest of hawthorn-oak forest gives an average of 49 kg of nectar, which can satisfy the needs of 0.36 bee families. Each hectare of mesophytic subalpine meadow gives 41 kg of nectar, which can provide 0.30 bee families.