Selected High and Low Pollen Hoarding Colonies of Apis mellifera for Apple Foraging Preference

Sharma, Harish Kumar; ka, Moni; Rana, Kiran; Thakur, Meena

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.610.264

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“…In the present study, selection of colonies was made based on certain traits which are in conformity with Thakur (1994) [16] , where the selection of superior honey-producing breeder colonies was done based on biological (brood survival rate, pin-killed pupae removed and bee population) and economic traits (honey stores and pollen stores). Sharma et al, (2017) [12] highlighted notable distinctions among colony parameters, such as pollen stores, colony strength, brood area, and honey stores specifically in Nauni conditions. Highest honey area was recorded in March during honey flow season while highest pollen storage was observed during June -July in the dearth season; brood area was highest in August during the brood rearing season.…”

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Evaluation of first-generation Indian bee, Apis cerana indica colonies raised from breeder colonies by grafting method

JS,

VS,

et al. 2023

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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Ten best performing Indian bee colonies maintained at AICRP on Honey bees and Pollinators, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala were selected and observations on their development and hygienic traits were recorded from Oct 2022 to Aug 2023. Characters which showed significant variation was subjected to monthly analysis. Monthwise analysis of the parameters revealed that highest honey area was recorded during March (90 cm 2 ), while the pollen area was at its peak during May to June which ranged from 32 cm 2 to 33 cm 2 . Brood area was found highest during August (525 cm 2 ) followed by March (482.50 cm 2 ). A significant negative correlation of parameters was observed with rainfall and relative humidity whereas positive correlation was found with sunshine hours. In case of the pollen area, a significant positive correlation was recorded with temperature. Based on the selection index calculation, five breeder colonies were marked and the respective daughter colonies were raised by Doolittle method of grafting. No significant difference was observed in the traits between the breeder colony and first-generation colonies except in the pollen area. Thus, the study revealed that all the traits from the mother colonies got transferred to daughter colonies by grafting method.

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Evaluation of first-generation Indian bee, Apis cerana indica colonies raised from breeder colonies by grafting method

JS,

VS,

et al. 2023

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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“…These were examined under microscope and verified with standard apple pollen slides for the presence of apple pollen grains. On the basis of these observations, the proportion of bees with apple pollen was worked out in 2017 (Sharma et al, 2017). The queens were raised to develop colonies from those showing the highest preference for apple pollen and the evaluation was continued further during 2018, 2019 and 2020.…”

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<i>Apis mellifera</i> L. Stock Varied in Apple Pollen Foraging Preference

Sharma,

Devi,

Thakur

et al. 2023

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Apis mellifera L. colonies were evaluated to explore the apple foraging preference for effective pollination. In 2017, colony G2 showed highest preference for apple pollen loads (18.78%), while L3 recorded lowest apple pollen load (9.89%). On the basis of preference, queens from H2, L3, and G2 were produced to raise progenies for further multiplication and evaluation in 2018 and similar selection experiment was conducted in 2019 and 2020. In 2020 significant number of foragers were conditioned to apple flowers from the colony selected during the year 2019, thus indicating that A. mellifera strains multiplied from the colony showing higher apple pollen foraging preference was carried over to next generation and can be exploited to produce progenies to improve pollen hoarding trait with the help of continuous selection and breeding process.

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“…Singh et al (2007) also used five-point scale for scoring of various performance characters to select better performing A. mellifera colonies for stock improvement programmed. Similarly, A. cerana (Anonymous, 2010) and A. mellifera (Sharma et al, 2017) colonies were ranked on five point scale and selected for further studies.…”

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Selection of Apis mellifera L. Colonies for Quality Queen Rearing

Sharma¹,

Rana²,

Sharma³

2020

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Selected High and Low Pollen Hoarding Colonies of Apis mellifera for Apple Foraging Preference

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Evaluation of first-generation Indian bee, Apis cerana indica colonies raised from breeder colonies by grafting method

Evaluation of first-generation Indian bee, Apis cerana indica colonies raised from breeder colonies by grafting method

<i>Apis mellifera</i> L. Stock Varied in Apple Pollen Foraging Preference

Selection of Apis mellifera L. Colonies for Quality Queen Rearing

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