Comparative Evaluation of Four Honeybee Races According To Pollen Storage and Worker Brood Rearing Activities Under Natural Conditions

Elaidy, Waleed Khaled Muhammad; Tolba, Abd El-Monem Abdo

doi:10.9790/3008-1201044049

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“…It means that the multiple queen colonies which contained four queens more efficient than the other tested multiple queen colonies in the pollen storage activity, followed by colonies which contained three queens then colonies which contained two queens while the single queen colonies as control indicated the lowest mean amounts of stored pollen. The obtained results are in agreement with those of; Elaidy and Abdo Tolba, ( 2017 ) found that the Carniolan strain stored the highest amount of pollen in summer 56 g/colony followed by 53 and 37 g/colony in spring and fall respectively, lowest amount of stored pollen was recorded in winter 35 g/colony. Also, Salem, (2011) found that the highest rate of pollen production recorded in the summer , followed by spring , then fall season, while the lowest rate of pollen production was recorded in the winter.…”

Section: Effect On Honey Productionsupporting

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Effect of the Multiple Queens Within Colony on Some Honeybee Activities, Apis mellifera carnica and Sustainability of their Colonies

Mostafa

Salem

El-Ansary

2017

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology

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Multiple honey bee queen colonies contained two to four mated queens which able to move freely were produced by removing the mandibles of queens which trigger fighting and queen elimination within the colony. This method showed the high success, Twenty five out of twenty seven queens were accepted after their introduction in Carniolan colonies, and the success ratio reaches 92.6%. Twenty seven multiple queens introduced in nine colonies were sustainable enough for long period without losing any queen from the spring to fall in the first year. Twenty seven were over wintered successfully and no queen loss was recorded until the next fall in the second year. The multiple queen colonies which contained four queens were more efficient than the other tested multiple queen colonies in the workers brood production activity, it was recorded an average 14460 inch 2 /colony/ year for amount of worker brood, followed by colonies which contained three queens then colonies which contained two queens while the single queen colonies as control indicated the lowest mean amount of workers brood 5776 inch 2 /colony / year. Also, multiple queen colonies contained four queens were scored highest value of mean amounts 348, 9692 and 4120 inch 2 /colony / year for drone brood rearing, honey and pollen production, respectively. The single queen colonies indicated the lowest amount of 124, 4968 and 1864 inch 2 /colony / year for drones brood rearing, honey and pollen production, respectively. Also, multiple queen colonies contained four queens were scored highest value of mean amounts citrus, clover and cotton flow seasons, while single queen colonies were recorded lowest amount in same flow seasons. From the obtained results it was shown that the multiple queen colonies are more efficient for helping the beekeepers to increase the bee population and thus increase the honeybee products. In addition the multiple queens technique can be used in the commercial domain.

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Section: Effect On Honey Productionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Effect of the Multiple Queens Within Colony on Some Honeybee Activities, Apis mellifera carnica and Sustainability of their Colonies

Mostafa

Salem

El-Ansary

2017

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology

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“…Meanwhile, there was a significant negative correlation between relative humidity and stored pollen amount in Italian and Italian hybrid colonies. Correlation coefficients were -0.385 and -0.343 and determination coefficients were 14.81 and 11.77%, respectively (Elaidy and Tolba, 2017).…”

Section: Citrusmentioning

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Studies on the Activities of Honey Bee Colonies under Environmental Circumstances in BeniSweif Governorate-Egypt.

Zidan

Ghania

2017

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology

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Environmental Circumstances is playing an important role in honey bee activities. This study at apiary of the Agriculture Research Sids Station, BeniSweif Governorate middle Egypt, during the 2016seasons. Which that the from broad bean(Vicia faba), citrus (Citrus spp.), clover (Trifolium alexandrinum)and maize (Zea mays) pollen trapped grain were collected from the hives by using traps put on the entrance of honeybee colonies. The average values of the recorded temperatures ranged from 8.9 to 28.1°C and the averages of the recorded relative humidity values ranged from 48.9 to 79.70 % all over the years of study. There was a significant correlation between temperature or relative humidity and collecting pollen amount. Correlation coefficients were -0.16 & -0.18 in broad bean pollen, -0.07 & 0.07 in citrus pollen, 0.36 & -0.25 in clover pollen and -0.76 & -0.07 in maize pollen. On other hand the amount of pollen gathering fluctuating from plant source and date of collecting, and it's obvious that study conditions. On the other hand obvious that there is a significant effect of pollen trapping on the brood rearing activity which recorded 67.08 % reduction of brood activity in colony in Broad bean pollen season , 45.03 % in citrus pollen season, 43.30 % in clover pollen season and 17.68 % in maize pollen season. In the end we can conclusion the environmental ecology is important playing in different activity of honeybee colonies.

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Comparative Evaluation of Four Honeybee Races According To Pollen Storage and Worker Brood Rearing Activities Under Natural Conditions

Cited by 2 publications

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Effect of the Multiple Queens Within Colony on Some Honeybee Activities, Apis mellifera carnica and Sustainability of their Colonies

Effect of the Multiple Queens Within Colony on Some Honeybee Activities, Apis mellifera carnica and Sustainability of their Colonies

Studies on the Activities of Honey Bee Colonies under Environmental Circumstances in BeniSweif Governorate-Egypt.

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