Effect of the Number of Attendant Worker Bees on the Initiation of Egg Laying by Instrumentally Inseminated Queens Kept in Small Nuclei

Woyke, J.; Jasiński, Z.

doi:10.1080/00218839.1990.11101204

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“…Moreover, those data observed in queens from mini nucleus (which contained approximately 1.000 attendant worker bees) were not significant difference with that of naturally mated queens. Those results agreed with findings in A. mellifera that a population of at least 350 worker bees was necessary for outdoor mating nuclei (Woyke and Jasiński, 1990).…”

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“…The size of the bee population where instrumentally inseminated queen was kept before and after insemination not only affected the success rate of insemination, it also affected onset of oviposition and number of sperm cells stored in the spermatheca of queen (Woyke and Jasinski, 1979;Gerula, 2007;Gerula et al, 2016). Therefore, an increase in the population of attendant worker bees increased the cluster temperature contributing to faster initiation of egg laying, and efficiency of sperm migration to store in spermatheca (Woyke and Jasiński, 1990). Our results on queen's weight (Table 1), number of spermatozoa in spermatheca (Fig.…”

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“…The size of the colony was also affected the survival rate of queen (Woyke and Jasiński, 1990;Cobey, 2007).…”

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Impact of Confinement and Population Size on the Instrumentally Inseminated Queen’s Performance of Apis cerana Species in South Korea

Vung¹,

Kim²,

Lee³

et al. 2018

apiculture

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251Instrumental insemination of honey bee is an attractive alternative to natural mating in breeding program as it allows mating crosses between desirable queen and specific drone. However, nursery condition that the queen is kept before and after insemination is major factor affected to the performance of instrumentally inseminated queen. In this study, we evaluated the influences of three different nursery-conditions of push-in cages, mini nuclei and normal colonies on number of spermatozoa stored in the spermatheca, body weight, onset of ovipositon and performance of instrumentally inseminated Apis cerana queen. Our results demonstrated that instrumentally inseminated queens kept in mini nuclei and in normal hives showed no significant difference in queen's weight (159.8 and 166.2mg, respectively), number of spermatozoa in spermatheca (2.02 10 6 and 2.76 10 6 , respectively), proportion of queen supersedure (33.3 and 66.7% queen survival at 11 months after oviposition, respectively) and brood production, compared to naturally mated queens. In contrast, instrumentally inseminated queens kept in push-in cages showed significant difference of those above data in comparison to queens mated naturally. Our results suggested that instrumentally inseminated queens could be kept in mini nuclei containing about 1.000 attendant bees to have desirable performance of queen whereas the push-in method should be practiced for the purpose of using queen in the length of time less than 7 months. Apiculture 33(4) : 251~260 (2018) Abstract Journal of

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Impact of Confinement and Population Size on the Instrumentally Inseminated Queen’s Performance of Apis cerana Species in South Korea

Vung¹,

Kim²,

Lee³

et al. 2018

apiculture

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“…Woyke and Jasinski (1990) observed 70 queens inseminated with 8 µL of semen, 7 to 8 days old and established with varying numbers of attendant bees. Queens established with 150, 350 and 750 attendant worker bees started egg laying in 15, 13.5 and 11.5 days respectively, with a range of 8 to 24 days.…”

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Comparison studies of instrumentally inseminated and naturally mated honey bee queens and factors affecting their performance

Cobey

2007

Apidologie

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-Instrumental insemination, a reliable method to control honey bee mating, is an essential tool for research and stock improvement. A review of studies compare colony performance of instrumentally inseminated queens, IIQs, and naturally mated queens, NMQs. Factors affecting queen performance are also reviewed. The collective results of the data demonstrate that the different methodologies used, in the treatment of queens, has a significant affect on performance rather than the insemination procedure. Beekeeping practices can optimize or inhibit performance. The competitive performance of IIQs is demonstrated when queens are given proper care. The advantage of selection and a known semen dosage can result in higher performance levels of IIQs.Apis mellifera / queen honey bees / instrumental insemination / colony performance

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“…This period ranges from 5 days up to 4 weeks (Cobey, 2007;Moritz & Kuhnert, 1984;Tibor et al, 1987). This depends greatly on mating conditions, season, and temperature inside the colonies (Schluns et al, 2005;Woyke & Jasinski, 1990), and distance from the apiary at which mating occurred (Peer, 1957). The queen can lay up to 1500 eggs per day, but this number varies according to many factors including season, colony strength, and diseases prevalence (Moore et al, 2015).…”

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Current knowledge about behaviors of honey bee queens with highlighting of the importance future studies

Abou‐Shaara

Adgaba

Al-Ghamdi

2021

JoBAZ

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Background There is one queen in each honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colony under normal conditions. This queen performs egg laying and pheromonal control in the colony. All genetic characteristics of bee workers and drones depend on the queen. This reflects the importance of bee queen in the colony. In this review, behaviors of honey bee queens are presented and further studies are suggested to fill in gaps in knowledge. Main body The major studies about behaviors of honey bee queens either inside or outside the colony were reviewed. Some behavioral aspects especially egg laying pattern, sperm storage and utilization, conflict between queens, and the role of the queens in swarming and absconding have gained relatively few attention. Also, some other points such as the ability of a queen to transmit parasites after mating to her offspring and effects of pesticides on queen rearing and characteristics of emerged queens were highlighted. Conclusion This study highlighted the points that require further detailed studies. This review article may stimulate others toward performing specific future studies on bee queens.

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Effect of the Number of Attendant Worker Bees on the Initiation of Egg Laying by Instrumentally Inseminated Queens Kept in Small Nuclei

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Impact of Confinement and Population Size on the Instrumentally Inseminated Queen’s Performance of Apis cerana Species in South Korea

Impact of Confinement and Population Size on the Instrumentally Inseminated Queen’s Performance of Apis cerana Species in South Korea

Comparison studies of instrumentally inseminated and naturally mated honey bee queens and factors affecting their performance

Current knowledge about behaviors of honey bee queens with highlighting of the importance future studies

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