Selection of Apis mellifera L. Colonies for Quality Queen Rearing

Sharma, Ajay; Rana, Kiran; Sharma, Harish Kumar

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2020.901.274

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“…The preparation of cell builder colony required a great deal of nurse bees, sealed and young brood, pollen and honey stores. The selection of good colonies was carried out on the 5pointscale basis based on their biological and economical characteristics like colony strength, brood area, prolificness, honey stores, pollen stores, etc as per Sharma et al, 2020 [16] . Top 4 strong colonies were selected as cell builder colony.…”

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Evaluation of priming media and queen cup material on larval graft acceptance and queen emergence in Apis mellifera L.

Sharma¹,

Rana²,

Sharma³

et al. 2020

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of seven different priming media viz.,Apple Juice, Coconut Water, Royal Jelly, Diluted Royal Jelly, Honey Solution, Sugar Syrup, Distilled Water and dry grafting(Control) and three queen cup material viz., old comb wax, new capping wax and plastic, on larval graft acceptance and queen emergence during mass queen rearing and the variations between Autumn and Spring season under mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh. The larval graft acceptance as well as queen emergence(85.42% and 77.08%; 89.58% and 81.25%, respectively) during Autumn and Spring season, respectively was recorded significantly highest in royal jelly primed cups whereas lowest in nonprimed cups. In queen cell cup material, the larval graft acceptance and queen emergence (62.50% and 57.03%; 67.97% and 63.28%, respectively) were observed maximum in old comb wax cups followed by new capping wax and plastic cups. No significant variations were recorded between spring and autumn season. The combined effect of cup material and priming media was also found non-significant. So, royal jelly as priming medium and old comb bees wax as artificial queen cell cup material are best for larval graft acceptance and queen emergence in Apis mellifera L. mass queen production in Spring and Autumn.

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Evaluation of priming media and queen cup material on larval graft acceptance and queen emergence in Apis mellifera L.

Sharma¹,

Rana²,

Sharma³

et al. 2020

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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Selection of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies for desirable traits

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Jat²,

Kumar³

et al. 2023

J. Agric. Ecol.

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The experiment on selecting honey bee Apis mellifera L. colonies for desirable traits was conducted at the Apiary of the Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (India) during 2020-21. The significant variations were observed in various colony parameters viz. colony strength (7.2 to 13.0 no. of bee frames), brood area (1029.42 to 3917.73 cm2), honey store (1196.48 to 2568.71 g), pollen area (314.76 to 692.73 cm2), brood survival rate (76.56 to 91.61.39 %) and paper potness (8.82 to 24.73 %). Ranking of honey bee colonies was developed on the basis of a five-point scoring system for each desirable trait. Colonies were rated based on 1 to 5 point scale. The average score ranged from 1.2 to 4.9. On the basis of top score, 9 colonies (C-6, C-8, C-2, C-20, C-12, C-11, C-5, C-19 and C-16) were selected for further evaluation and mass queen rearing, having average scores ranged from 3.5 to 4.9.

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Selection of Apis mellifera L. Colonies for Quality Queen Rearing

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Evaluation of priming media and queen cup material on larval graft acceptance and queen emergence in Apis mellifera L.

Evaluation of priming media and queen cup material on larval graft acceptance and queen emergence in Apis mellifera L.

Selection of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies for desirable traits

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