Morphometrics of <i>Apis cerana</i> from agroclimatic zones of Himachal Pradesh

Ibrahim, M. M. S.; Chandel, Y. S.; Anil,

doi:10.5958/0974-8172.2019.00116.0

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“…Kuntadi (2013) explained that providing royal jelly depends on the shape and size of the cell where the larvae develop. As for the length and width of the head of the candidate queen bee A. cerana javana, it has a smaller average head width compared to the findings of Ibrahim et al (2019), who studied the morphometry of Apis cerana indica honey bees in Pradesh India, with an average head width of queen bees ranging from 3.49 to 3.78 mm. This is likely due to genotype differences in the bees used for research.…”

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Evaluation of body weight and morphometric characteristics of the young queen of Apis cerana javana at different queen cup cell sizes

MASYITHOH,

KENTJONOWATY,

SALLEH

et al. 2023

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Masyithoh D, Kentjonowaty I, Salleh SM, Ustadi, Agussalim, Nastain FS. 2023. Evaluation of body weight and morphometric characteristics of the young queen of Apis cerana javana at different queen cup cell sizes. Biodiversitas 24: 5626-5633. This study investigates body weight and morphometric characteristics of Apis cerana javana queen rearing based on differences in the queen cup sizes. The queen cell sizes were divided into three categories; the first group was a small category (T1) with a height of 0.75 cm, top diameter of 0.65 cm, and bottom diameter of 0.44 cm. The second treatment was medium category (T2) with a height of 0.85 cm, a top diameter of 0.71 cm, and a bottom diameter of 0.54 cm. The third treatment was a large category (T3) with a height of 1.00 cm, a top diameter of 0.71 cm, and a bottom diameter of 0.62 cm. The morphometrics investigated consisted of hatch weight, pupae length, body length, head, abdomen, wing, and hind leg morphometrics. The results showed that the differences in the queen cup size had no effect (P>0.05) on the hatch weight, body length, width, and length of the head, thorax, fore and hind wing (length and width), and abdomen (length and height). The different queen cell sizes did not affect the wing morphometrics (P>0.05). In addition, the leg morphometrics consisting of femur, tibia, tarsus, and metatarsus were also not affected (P>0.05) by the different queen cup sizes. These results revealed that the different queen cup sizes did not negatively impact the morphometric characteristics of A. cerana javana queen’s.

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confidence: 78%

Evaluation of body weight and morphometric characteristics of the young queen of Apis cerana javana at different queen cup cell sizes

MASYITHOH,

KENTJONOWATY,

SALLEH

et al. 2023

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“…caucasica, also can discriminate and the distribution of CI of the A. mellifera subspecies is suspected influenced by bending energy (Tofilski 2008). The cubital index on bee wing morphology has an a/b ratio that significantly discriminated the subspecies of A. cerana from different zones in India (Ibrahim et al 2019). These area landmarks also have relatively high contribution values by geometric morphometrics that were found as the most contribution variation of landmarks in wing venation of wasp in the subfamily of Stenogastrinae (Baracchi et al 2011).…”

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Landmark-Based Geometric Morphometric of Apis dorsata and A. d. binghami Wing Venation in Indonesian Archipelagos

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The giant honey bee Apis dorsata has a vast distribution in Asia, including in the Indonesian archipelagos, whereas A. d. binghami is endemic to Sulawesi Island. This research aimed to analyze the variations of landmarks in wing venation of A. dorsata from Sumatra, Belitung, Java, Sumbawa, Moluccas islands, and A. d. binghami in Sulawesi, based on geometric morphometric analysis. Nineteen landmarks from 200 wing venations were analyzed using Thin Plate Spline software. Our study found landmarks 16 and 17, known as Cubital Index in traditional morphometrics, contributed to the wing shape of A. dorsata and A. d. binghami Among all samples, these two landmarks show high displacement in the wing shape of A. d. binghami in Sulawesi and A. dorsata in the Moluccas. On the contrary, we found that the Sumatra, Belitung, and Java Apis dorsata revealed low displacement in the deformation grid; resulting in their shapes being more similar to the reference landmark. The variations of wing shape separate A. d. binghami from Sulawesi and Sumbawa in the Principle Component Analysis and agreement with the Neighbor-joining tree. Therefore, the geometric morphometric based on landmarks of wing venation is a powerful tool to discriminate the subspecies level of A. dorsata.

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“…Morphometric studies on A. mellifera samples collected from different locations of Himachal Pradesh revealed that head height × width, proboscis length, thorax length, abdomen length, fore wing length × width, cubital index, hind wing length × width, number of hamuli, coxa length, trochanter length, femur length, tibia length and metatarsus length × width were found to be 3.19±0.10 × 3.68±0.09 mm, 6.29±0.06 mm, 4.26±0.20 mm, 5.91±0.93 mm, 9.13±0.18 × 3.00±0.08 mm, 2.20±0.36, 6.38±0.14 × 1.80±0.05 mm, 20.88±1.32, 1.10±0.09 mm, 0.79±0.10 mm, 2.45±0.10 mm, 2.91±0.13 mm and 1.92±0.07 × 1.08±0.07 mm, respectively (Ibrahim et al 2017) [25] . While studying the morphometrics of A. cerana in various agroclimatic zones of Himachal Pradesh, it was reported that head height × width, proboscis length, thorax length, abdomen length, fore wing length × width, cubital index, hind wing length × width, number of hamuli, coxa length, trochanter length, femur length, tibia length and metatarsus length × width varied from 2.87-3.07× [24] .…”

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Status of bee keeping in Himachal Pradesh, India: A review

Sharma¹,

Daroch²,

Kapoor³

et al. 2022

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Beekeeping in Himachal Pradesh is very primitive. Indigenous beekeeping with Apis cerana is an integral part of the social and cultural heritage of rural and tribal communities. Comparative morphological studies have revealed that Himachali bees are smaller than Kashmiri bees. Beekeeping with Apis mellifera is migratory and it helps in increasing the honey production through exploitation of different bee flora thereby providing opportunity for overcoming unfavorable climatic conditions as well as attack of local bee enemies. Comparative studies have revealed that A. mellifera bees were very prone to stinging and were easily distributed as compared to A. cerana which were less excitable and could be safely handled. Major bee enemies of the state include Thai sac brood, Nosema, Europeon Foul Brood, ectoparasitic mites, Wasps, birds and bear. Plectranthus is one of the major honey flow flora for the winter months in Himachal Pradesh.

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Morphometrics of Apis cerana from agroclimatic zones of Himachal Pradesh

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Evaluation of body weight and morphometric characteristics of the young queen of Apis cerana javana at different queen cup cell sizes

Evaluation of body weight and morphometric characteristics of the young queen of Apis cerana javana at different queen cup cell sizes

Landmark-Based Geometric Morphometric of Apis dorsata and A. d. binghami Wing Venation in Indonesian Archipelagos

Status of bee keeping in Himachal Pradesh, India: A review

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