Effects of Rearing Periods on Some Reproductive Characteristics of Caucasian (Apis mellifera caucasica) Queen Bees

Year 2016, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 259 - 266, 30.12.2016

Kadir Önk

https://doi.org/10.17094/ataunivbd.282977

Cited By: 3

Abstract

This research was
carried out to determine some reproductive characteristics such as larval
acceptance rate, length of queen cell, weight at emergence, mating rate and
pre-oviposition period of Caucasian race honey bee queens (Apis mellifera caucasica). It was
conducted in the province of Ardahan in the months of June, July and August
between the years of 2013-2015. In this study, Caucasian race bee colonies were
used. The larvae were grafted by the Doolittle’s method were given to the
starter colonies which were prepared without the queen. In terms of larva
acceptance rate, the difference between the years was found to be
insignificant, while the difference between the months was found significant
(P<0.01). The average length of the queen cells obtained from the research
colonies was determined as 30.11 ± 0.039 mm, while the average length of the
queen cells between the years of 2013-2015 were found to be 33.43 ± 0.056 mm,
25.87 ± 0.050 mm and 32.53 ± 0.051 mm respectively. In the study, the average
weight at emergence of queen bees was determined as 203.34 ± 1.97 mg, while the
averages between the years of 2013-2015 were detected to be 214.42 ± 3.68 mg,
188.37 ± 2.75 mg and 207.25 ± 2.83 mg respectively. The effect of both months
and years on the weight at emergence was found significant (P<0.01). The
effect of years on pre-oviposition
period was found to be
insignificant (p> 0.05) while the effect of months was found to be
significant (P<0.01).

Keywords

Apis mellifera caucasica, Queen Bee rearing periods

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