The Effects of Age and Number of Grafted Larvae on Some Physical Characteristics of Queen Bees and Acceptance Rate of Queen Bee Cell
| Autor: | Ethem Akyol, Samet Okuyan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine animal structures Acceptance rate Biology Body weight 01 natural sciences lcsh:Agriculture 03 medical and health sciences Animal science Larvae Starter hives parasitic diseases lcsh:Agriculture (General) Larva Wing Queen bee fungi lcsh:S General Medicine biology.organism_classification lcsh:S1-972 Breeding hives 010602 entomology 030104 developmental biology Head length Queen cells |
| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, Vol 6, Iss 11, Pp 1556-1561 (2018) |
| Popis: | This study was carried out to determine the effects of age and number of grafted larvae on acceptance rates, body weight, body length, head width and length, thorax width and length, and wing width and length of queen bees. One breeding and eleven starter hives were used for rearing queen bees. Totally, 495 one, two, and three-day-old larvae were grafted into starter hives comprising 30, 45, and 60 and 414 larvae were accepted; thus, generally, the acceptance rate was calculated as 83%. The best acceptance rate was calculated in three-day-old larvae group as 85.15%. There were found a statistically significant effect of the number of grafted larvae on body length and head width of queen. However, there were any effects on weight, head length, thorax width, thorax length, wing width, wing length, and acceptance rate of larvae. Age of grafted larvae did not have a statistically significant effect on head width, head length, wing width and acceptance rate of larvae. On the other hand, age of grafted larvae had a statistically significant effect on queen weight, body length, thorax width and length, and wing length of queen. If bee breeders wish to improve their stock, they should graft one-day-old larvae for rearing better queen bees. |
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