Morphogenetic diversity of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. from the mountain-forest zone of Crimea

Bykova, T. O.; Triseleva, T. A.; Ивашов, А. В.; Safonkin, A. F.

doi:10.1134/s1062359016060054

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“…To analyze the genetic relationships of the studied bees with the available data, we built a median network visualizing the relationship or genetic relations. To build the median network, we used the previously obtained sequences of samples of honey bees from different regions of Crimea, bees of the Carpathian race of the Vuchkovskaya line [17,21], and bees from the present sample from a swarm caught near the Tankovoye village. For comparison, bees of the Caucasian breed were taken from the apiary hive of the private nursery "Orekhovod -practitioner" Analysis of the median network showed that wild bees from the swarm caught near the Tankovoye village is close to the Vuchkovskaya line of the Carpathian bee by mtDNA COI.…”

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The results of studies of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from two points are presented: from a bee colony captured near the Tankovoye village (this swarm was found by a local resident an entrepreneur, the owner of the private nursery “Orekhovod – practitioner” I.S. Emirsinov) and bees captured in the vicinity of Sugut-Oba mountain (Burus) from a swarm captured about 25 km to the southeast of Belogorsk and west of the Feodosia height. Measurements of morphometric features were carried out using the method of V.V. Alpatov (1948), the method of F. Ruttner (2006) was used to identify the morphotypes and the width of the hairline of worker bees. The phenotypic homogeneity of bee colonies from the Tankovoye village was revealed by morphotypes and the width of the hairline on the abdomen of worker bees in the presence of a variety of classical morphometric characters. At the same time, one phenotype characterized by morphotype O (light brown coloration of chitinous integuments on the abdomen) and a narrow hairline f was registered. The presence of this phenotype characterizes the compliance with the breed standards of Apis mellifera caucasica (gray mountain Caucasian), Apis mellifera carpatica (Carpathian) or Apis mellifera carnica (Carniolan), i.e. breeds with a gray abdomen. Molecular genetic analysis of the mtDNA COI site showed the homogeneity of the sample of wild bees captured near the Tankovoye village and their proximity to the Vuchkovskaya line of the Carpathian breed.

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“…The analyzed fragment of the mtDNA COI gene was 680 bps. To amplify this region, primers LCO1490 and HCO2198 were used for the initial region of the COI gene according to the protocol [17].…”

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“…Therefore, Ruttner (1988) noted that classical morphometry is based on measuring 36 characteristics (wings, abdomen, legs), which is very laborious. For the first time, the concept of the shape of individual cells and the location of individual veins as a possible characteristic was introduced by Bykova et al (2016). It was found that geometric morphometrics is based on the theory of form, using coordinates of markers located at the intersections of bee wing veins, which were later used for subspecies identification of bees (Tofilski 2004(Tofilski , 2008Puškadija et al 2020).…”

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Geometric morphometric characteristics of Apis mellifera honeybee in Kazakhstan

NURALIEVA,

TAJIYEV,

SHERALIEVA

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Abstract. Nuralieva U, Tajiyev K, Sheralieva Z, Toishimanov M, Moldakhmetova G, Temirbayeva K, Tajieva A. 2023. Geometric morphometric characteristics of Apis mellifera honeybee in Kazakhstan. Biodiversitas 24: 4402-4409. This study was conducted in the whole beekeeping region of Kazakhstan. We researched morphological studies using (45 colony bees in 5 main regions in various geographical and climatic zone environmental conditions. The obtained data were compared with the Apis mellifera carnica reference samples, Apis mellifera caucasica, and Apis mellifera mellifera. Morphometric identification was carried out using 19 landmarks by IdentiFly software. Almost all colonies showed belonging to the lineage C (about 85%), by subspecies to A. m. carnica, A. m. caucasica showed 11%, A. m. mellifera belonged to only 4%. Furthermore, using multivariate principal component analysis compared honeybee lineages between reference samples. There were significant differences in wing landmarks between lineages and subspecies (Mahalanobis square distance). By Mahalanobis, distances between the evolutionary lineages M differ from line C by 15.93 and from line O by 19.03 units. In contrast, the distance between lines C and O is insignificant, with satisfactory reliability. The forewing wing size evaluated centroid size, which showed the highest degree of honeybees in the west and south Kazakhstan zones. The percentage of variation in wing centroids was relatively small between analyzed samples (less than 1%) but extremely changed for reference samples A. m. carnica, A. m. caucasica, A. m. mellifera, where log centroid sizes showed 1.33%, 4.18%, and 4.67%, respectively. The results showed significant differences between populations in different climatic zones.

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Harnessing the Carniolan honey bee breed in maximizing productivity

Zelenina,

Pimkina

2024

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Climate warming has been observed everywhere in recent years, including the Kaluga region. This makes it possible to use more heat-loving, intensively developing bee breeds for the production of beekeeping products. The aim of the research is to evaluate the possibility of using Carniolan bees in apiaries for the production of commercial honey. The material of the research were 4-frame honeycomb packages of bees purchased in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Bee families were placed in 12-frame hives designed for a standard nest frame of 300 mm high and 435 mm wide. Bee family development was monitored weekly by counting the number of frames fully occupied by insects. Honey production was estimated by weighing the honey produced by each family. During the development, the bee families were divided into three groups according to the age of the mothers or their turnover. At the beginning of the main honey collection, the average number of bee families in the three groups was 11.8±1.41 frames, and at the end of the season it was 9.8±1.86 frames. From I group of bee families, which did not show tendency to swarming, 25.1±8.63 kg of honey was obtained; from II group of bee families, which replaced mothers by spontaneous change, without swarming – 15.7±7.13 kg, from III group, into which bee families were divided, taking into account productivity of formed broods - 4,4±6,16 kg. Honey collection per each family of bees at the beginning of the period averaged 15.4±12.44 kg. The increase in the number of bee families during the season, taking into account the formation of brood and culling, amounted to 10%. The results of the research allow to recommend the use of the Carniolan breed of bees in the apiaries of Kaluga region.

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Morphogenetic diversity of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. from the mountain-forest zone of Crimea

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Morphometric variability of wild honey bees of the mountain forest zone of Crimea as a material for breeding

Morphometric variability of wild honey bees of the mountain forest zone of Crimea as a material for breeding

Geometric morphometric characteristics of Apis mellifera honeybee in Kazakhstan

Harnessing the Carniolan honey bee breed in maximizing productivity

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