Effect of brood production and population size on honey production of honeybee colonies in Alberta, Canada

Szabó, T.; Lefkovitch, L. P.

doi:10.1051/apido:19890206

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“…They are also within those reported by Szabo (1982) for different apiaries and months in Canada (r = 0.13 to 0.89), and within those presented by Szabo and Lefkovitch (1989) for two dates during two years in Canada (r = 0.15 to 0.65).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Szabo and Lefkovitch (1989) reported that the correlation between the worker population and honey production was; r = 0.62, and according to Genc and Aksoy (1993), it was r = 0.66.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…In turn, the bee colony strength depends on the amount of brood produced (Szabo, 1982;Szabo and Lefkovitch, 1989;Bhusal et al, 2011). According to Woyke (1984), ho wever, high variation exists between the amount of brood and honey production (r = 0.20 to 0.85), and between the strength of the colonies and the honey yield (r = 0.38 to 0.70).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effect of Initial Strength of Honey Bee Colonies (Apis mellifera) Supered in Different Ways on Maximizing Honey Production in Nepal

Neupane¹,

Woyke²,

Wilde³

2012

Journal of Apicultural Science

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S u m m a r yA study was carried out to investigate the effect of the original strengths of honey bee colonies supered in different ways, on the production of honey by Apis mellifera bees in the Terai region of Nepal. Bee colonies of three different original strengths, in which the bees covered 5, 10 and 20 combs, were supered in three different methods. The results showed that honey production was highly correlated to the number of worker brood cells in the colonies (r = 0.96, p = 0.003). Colonies of 5 comb initial strength (CIS), as farmers' practices in Nepal, produced the lowest amount of honey (30.1 kg per annum). Bees in colonies of 10 CIS with a deep super, produced twice as much honey (62.2 kg), and colonies of 20 CIS with deep supers produced even signifi cantly more honey (74.5 kg). However, the relationship between the fi nancial values of the produced honey to the cost of its production was the highest -1.52 : 1 for colonies of 10 CIS with a deep super. Therefore, this bee colony management is recommended to the beekeepers in the Terai region and lower hills of Nepal. This fi nding has global application.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Szabo and Lefkovitch (1989) reported that the correlation between the worker population and honey production was; r = 0.62, and according to Genc and Aksoy (1993), it was r = 0.66.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Effect of Initial Strength of Honey Bee Colonies (Apis mellifera) Supered in Different Ways on Maximizing Honey Production in Nepal

Neupane¹,

Woyke²,

Wilde³

2012

Journal of Apicultural Science

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“…, Szabo (1982) und Bienefeld (1988) (Pirchner et al, 1960;Soller und BarCohen, 1967;Bar-Cohen et al, 1978;Szabo, 1982;Woyke, 1984aWoyke, , 1984bSzabo und Lefkovitch, 1989) (1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989). Traits recorded were honey yield (HL), the subjectively judged behavioral traits quietness (RU), a combination of aggressiveness and calmness, and swarming (SN) (score ranging from 1 = worst to 4 = best), and, though not available with all observations, the number of combs covered with bees both after hibernation (VA) and at the beginning of main honey flow (BT).…”

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Schätzung von Populationsparametern für verschiedene Merkmale bei der Honigbiene (Apis mellifera carnica)

Willam

EßI

1993

Apidologie

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“…Several other variables are correlated with seasonal colony weight gain or honey production. These include colony population (Farrar, 1937;Szabo, 1982;Szabo and Lefkovitch, 1989), 24-h pollen collection (Szabo, 1982), area of sealed brood (Soller and Bar-Cohen, 1967;Szabo, 1982;Szabo and Lefkovitch, 1989), weight of bees in colony (Szabo, 1982), daily flight activity (Szabo, 1980), queen weight (Nelson and Gary, 1983), and several morphological characteristics (Milne, 1980(Milne, , 1985Milne and Pries, 1984;Szabo and Lefkovitch, 1988). Szabo (1982) (Laidlaw, 1987a, b) or isolated mating yards (Ruttner, 1988;Waller et al, 1989).…”

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Selection for high and low, colony weight gain in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, using selected queens and random males

Calderone

Fondrk

1991

Apidologie

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Summary — Seasonal colony weight gain (honey production) in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, can be modified by selection. Two-way selection for strains of honey bees exhibiting high or low seasonal colony weight gain was made for 3 generations. In each generation, daughter queens were reared from selected colonies and permitted to mate naturally with unselected males. Two strains of honey bees were produced that differed significantly with respect to seasonal colony weight gain. These results suggest that commercial and hobbyist beekeepers can increase the efficiency of honey production by using a simple selection and mating scheme. Several variables were also evaluated as indicators of seasonal colony weight gain. Short-term colony weight gain was significantly correlated with seasonal colony weight gain and is a useful aid to selection. Early-winter colony weight, latewinter colony weight, early-spring colony weight, and winter weight loss were not correlated with seasonal colony weight gain and do not appear to be useful aids to selection.

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Effect of brood production and population size on honey production of honeybee colonies in Alberta, Canada

Cited by 37 publications

References 4 publications

Effect of Initial Strength of Honey Bee Colonies (Apis mellifera) Supered in Different Ways on Maximizing Honey Production in Nepal

Effect of Initial Strength of Honey Bee Colonies (Apis mellifera) Supered in Different Ways on Maximizing Honey Production in Nepal

Schätzung von Populationsparametern für verschiedene Merkmale bei der Honigbiene (Apis mellifera carnica)

Selection for high and low, colony weight gain in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, using selected queens and random males

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