Some Physiological Characteristics of Caucasian and Anatolian Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Races and Their Crossbreeds

Authors : Ahmet DODOLOĞLU, Ferat GENÇ

Pages : 715-722

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The behavioral characteristics of Caucasian and Anatolian honeybee insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Apis mellifera L.); races and their reciprocal crossbreeds were examined in this study. The average levels of food consumption in the Caucasian insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(K);, Caucasian x Anatolian insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(K x A);, Anatolian x Caucasian insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(A x K); and Anatolian insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(A); genotype groups were determined to be 9.09±0.68, 6.62±0.72, 7.93±0.57 and 7.29±0.97 kg/colony respectively. In addition, the average population decline in the groups mentioned above were 43.45±3.40, 43.53±3.71, 40.71±3.89 and 31.11±5.09%, respectively. The average number of frames covered with bees in genotype groups were 10.88±0.06, 11.36±0.05, 12.13±0.05 and 12.38±0.06 per colony, and the average brood area were found to be 3870.79±75.24, 4569.85±63.66, 4322.90±63.66 and 4091.88±75.24 cm2/colony, respectively. The average weight gains of the colonies in genotypes during nectar flow were found to be 18.36±2.27, 16.69±1.36, 21.39±2.73 and 22.27±2.26 kg/colony. Also, the average numbers of flying bees per minute per colony were 88.71±11.18, 92.86±9.25, 98.00±14.62 and 104.14±16.92, and the average honey yields were determined to be 7.95±2.19, 8.43±1.50, 11.79±1.71 and 11.17±1.45 kg/colony, respectively.
Keywords : Honeybee Apis mellifera L, genotypes, physiological characteristics