The influence of the quantity of honeybees and honey reserves on wintering of honeybee colonies

Jevtic, G.; Mladenović, Marko Z.; Nedić, Nebojša

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“…Wintering Ability (%): The number of combs covered with bees in autumn care of the colonies and the number of combs covered with bees at the end of the winter was determined, and then the calculation was made a number of combs covered with bees coming out to spring/number of combs covered with bees entering winter x 100 (Genç et al, 1999;Arslan et al, 2004;Cengiz and Dülger, 2018). Quantity of The Stocked Honey (kg/colony): Honey consumption per colony during wintering has been determined (Dülger, 1997;Jevtic et al, 2005;Cengiz and Erdogan, 2017).…”

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The Effects of Wintering in Different Climatic Regions of Turkey on Some Physiological Characteristic of Caucasian Honey Bee (Apis mellifera caucasica) Colonies

Aktürk¹,

Kabakcı

Akdeniz³

et al. 2020

Turkish JAF Sci.Tech.

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This study was conducted in two locations have different altitudes in the cities which have different climates as Ankara, Ordu, Erzurum, Mersin. The purpose of this work was to define some physiological properties of the bees such as the survivability of colony, wintering ability, usage of stoked honey and to discuss all these data. This study lasted two years and the second year was the continuation of the first year. At the beginning of the year, colonies which has the same genotype were equalized as number of combs covered with bees, stocked honey and brood areas and so on. According to the data analysis, it was obtained that the quantity of the stocked honey was not statistically significant by the region×altitude×year interaction. However, year×region and region×altitude interactions were statistically significant. Similarly, it was obtained that the wintering ability was not statistically significant by the region×altitude×year interaction. The only year×region interaction was statistically significant. Also, descriptive statistics obtained for the survivability of the colonies (%) during the first and second year was added statistically to this application. As a result, this work showed that migratory beekeepers could reevaluate the regions which have the microclimate properties in Aegean, Mediterranean, and the Black Sea. And new research should be made by adding different species of honeybees for the performance of overwintering in different climates.

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Section: Wintering Periodmentioning

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The Effects of Wintering in Different Climatic Regions of Turkey on Some Physiological Characteristic of Caucasian Honey Bee (Apis mellifera caucasica) Colonies

Aktürk¹,

Kabakcı

Akdeniz³

et al. 2020

Turkish JAF Sci.Tech.

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“…This result corroborates Jevtic et al (2009), who found that pollen area in the colony increases along with brood area. The area of stored pollen is also influenced by the colony size (Jevtić, Mladenović & Nedić, 2005, Jevtic et al, 2009Taha & A-Kahtani, 2013).…”

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<b>Performance of Africanized honeybee colonies settled by queens selected for different traits

Schafaschek

Hickel

Pereira

et al. 2016

Acta Sci. Anim. Sci.

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ABSTRACT. We evaluated varroa infestation and the performance of Africanized honeybee colonies with queens selected for honey and royal jelly production, and also unselected queens, correlating with climatic variables. In Campo Alegre, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, the experiment I used 10 Langstroth hives and in Mafra, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, the experiment II was performed with 15 Schenk hives. A mapping in areas of sealed and unsealed brood, honey and pollen was carried out on days zero, 45 and 90 days after the introduction of the queen. In the experiment I, there was interaction between the type of queen selection and the evaluation period for areas of sealed brood, honey, and total stored food. The group selected for royal jelly production presented larger sealed brood area and smaller honey area at 90 days. Varroa infestation was lower (p < 0.05) at 90 days. The type of queen selection and the evaluation period influenced the sealed brood area, the total brood and the total area occupied in the colony. The high relative humidity caused greater honey storage for the local group. The different groups of queens presented different behavior according to the environment in which they are settled.Keywords: queen selection, honey production, royal jelly production, Varroa destructor.Desenvolvimento de colônias de Apis mellifera formadas com rainhas selecionadas para diferentes características RESUMO. Avaliaram-se a infestação por Varroa destructor e o desenvolvimento de colônias de A. mellifera com rainhas selecionadas para produção de mel, geleia real e rainhas não selecionadas, correlacionando-se com as variáveis climáticas. No experimento I, em Campo Alegre, Estado de Santa Catariana, utilizaram-se dez colmeias Langstroth e, no experimento II, em Mafra, Estado de Santa Catariana, utilizaram-se 15 colmeias Schenk. Procedeu-se ao mapeamento das áreas de cria aberta, operculada, mel e pólen, na data de introdução, aos 45 e 90 dias após a introdução das rainhas. No experimento I, houve interação entre o tipo de seleção da rainha e a época de avaliação para as áreas de cria operculada, mel e total de alimento. O grupo selecionado para geleia real apresentou maior área de cria operculada e menor área de mel aos 90 dias. A infestação por varroa foi menor (p < 0,05) aos 90 dias. No experimento II, não foi encontrado interação para as características avaliadas. As áreas de cria operculada, total de cria e total ocupada da colônia apresentaram efeito do tipo de seleção da rainha e época de avaliação. A alta umidade relativa do ar influenciou o maior armazenamento de mel para o grupo local. Os diferentes grupos de rainhas responderam diferentemente em função do ambiente onde estão inseridas.Palavras-chave: seleção de rainhas, mel, geleia real, Varroa destructor.

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Colony strength in the spring inspection and its impact on the amount of foraged pollen at the time of red clover pollination

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In this study, the impact of honey bee colony strength in the spring inspection on the colony strength at the time of pollination, the amount of foraged pollen and on the colony strength in autumn was observed. The honey bee colonies were, after the spring inspection, divided into two groups, based on the amount of bees. The weak colonies, in spring inspection, had an average up to 4 frames occupied by bees and the strong colonies, in the spring inspection, had more than 6 frames occupied by bees. In addition to the amount of bees, the amount of brood and food supplies were assessed in the inspections. It was determined that the stronger colonies had more pollen foragers in all three year of observation. The quantity of foraged pollen, in addition to strength in the spring inspection, was influenced by year. In two years (first and third) more pollen and larger quantity of red clover pollen was collected by the strong colonies, while in the second year, more pollen and a large quantity of red clover pollen was collected by weak colonies. In the fall inspections was found that the strong colonies still had more bees and brood, more pollen and, also, more honey in relation to the weak colonies. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR31057]

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The influence of the quantity of honeybees and honey reserves on wintering of honeybee colonies

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The Effects of Wintering in Different Climatic Regions of Turkey on Some Physiological Characteristic of Caucasian Honey Bee (Apis mellifera caucasica) Colonies

The Effects of Wintering in Different Climatic Regions of Turkey on Some Physiological Characteristic of Caucasian Honey Bee (Apis mellifera caucasica) Colonies

<b>Performance of Africanized honeybee colonies settled by queens selected for different traits

Colony strength in the spring inspection and its impact on the amount of foraged pollen at the time of red clover pollination

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