This work aimed to identify relationships between the land use around five apiaries, composed by several bee pastures, including two stages of Araucaria Forest, for three different turning radii of surrounding areas and their honey yield. Were used SPOT satellite images with 5 meters spatial resolution to establish the land use classification, using the method of classification and interpretation through vectorization on screen and field work. The obtained data were related to the honey average yield, per apiary. The results demonstrated that there are significant statistical relationships between the different land uses around the apiaries, for different surrounding range areas, and their average honey yield.
no-wood forest products; beekeeping forest flora; forest effect on honey production