Comparision of Some Physiological Characters of Caucasian, Central Anatolian and Erzurum Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Genotypes in the Conditions of Erzurum

Authors : Ferat GENÇ, Cemal DÜLGER, Ahmet DODOLOĞLU, Semiramis KUTLUCA

Pages : 645-650

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The various physiological characters of Caucasian, C. Anatolian and Erzurum honeybee insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(A. mellifera L.); genotypes in the conditions of Erzurum were examined in this study. The survival rates of genotypes for the wintering and production periods were found to be 81.82 % and 70.00 %, 90.00 % and 77.78 %, 100.00 % and 90.00% respectively. During the wintering period, 18.18 % and 10.00 % of colonies in Caucasian and C. Anatolian groups respectively died; but no colony from the Erzurum group was lost. During the wintering period, the average food consumption of Caucasian, C. Anatolian and Erzurum groups was calculated to be 4.11±0.25, 4.26±0.28 and 5.28±0.22 kg/colony respectively; but the average population decreases in those groups were 47.49±1.90 %, 32.63±2.91 % and 32.12±1.82 % respectively. The average number of frame of bees of the the colonies in different groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Caucasian, C. Anatolian and Erzurum); were found to be 15.62±1.04, 17.08±1.24 and 18.49±1.25; the average number of flying bees per minute per colony were found to be 72.86±13.83, 69.71±5.30 and 94.29±15.63 and the average honey yields were found to be 30.62±3.22, 32.63±5.17 and 35.41±5.36 kg/colony respectively.
Keywords : Honeybee A mellifera L, genotypes, physiological characters