Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences

This study was conducted during June 2017 in the researcher's apiaries which located at the village of Albo Hwemid / AlHusseiniya - Karbala - Iraq, to evaluate the addition of some medicinal plants to increase or stimulate honey bees to increase the consumption of sugar syrup and local pollen grains paste. The anise, wormwood, cinnamon and saffron herbs were used which added to above foods. The results revealed that the addition of both anise and wormwood to the sugar syrup gave best attraction to honey bee, consumption average reached to 415 and 400 ml / colony respectively. But the wormwood which added to the local pollen grain paste gave high consumption average reached to 18.33 g / colony.

The acknowledgement of the biology attracting insect and its ecology of the killing method animals crime place was an important method of  in detection, when the crime was happened.so it must be important to know the species of forensically important insects
 
This study aimed to detect the effect of the types of the animal carcass on the numbers and  species of attracting  insects. The study conduct in Al-Salamia – Al-Husseinia  region  Karbala  province in 2017 it used three types of vertebrate: dogs, rabbits and cats. Daily it recorded field observation of these carcasses of  every day animas from the  begin of killing of these  animal passing through all stages of decomposition which recording of the species and numbers of attracted insects was done. The result shows 13 species be longs to diptera order and four  families, six species belong coleoptra order and  four  families  and many species of the order hymenoptera belong to 2 families  :  The insect species that belong to the  Diptera    order according to it is four .
 
1- Calliphoridae family Calliphora viciana, Chrysomaya albiceps,Chrysomaya Megacephala,Chrisomaya putoria,Lucilia sericata, Lucilia cuprina .and Lucilia spp.
 
2- Sacrophagidae family: Sacrophga africa,Sacrophaga  frenata, and Sacrophaga spp.
 
3- Muscidae family : Musca domestica,Muscina stabulans.
 
4- Otitidae: Physiphora  demandata. The types of insect belonged to order Coleo
 
1- Histiridae family: Saprinus  subnitescens.
 
2- Dermistedae family : Dermestes  maculates, Dermestes sp
 
3- Cleridae family: Necrobia  rufipes.
 
4- Staphylinidae family : Gauropterus  fulgiaus and Anotylus  sp.
 
The types belong to order Hymenoptera was:





Formicidae family different species.


 

Vespidae family: Vespa orientalis