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- Title
YIĞILCA BALARISI (Apis mellifera L.)'NIN HİJYENİK DAVRANIŞ BAKIMINDAN PERFORMANSLARININ BELİRLENMESİ VE GELİŞTİRİLMESİ.
- Authors
KEKEÇOĞLU, Meral; GÖÇ RASGELE, Pınar; BURĞUT, Aykut; KAMBUR, Merve
- Abstract
The aim of the study, to determine and improvement the performance of hygienic behavior of the bees located in the Yıgılca district. For this purpose, pin-killing method was applied to 250 colonies. At first step 50 colonies performing hygienic behavior over 85 % were purchased from beekeepers and migrated Duzce University Beekeeping Research Development and Application Centre (DAGEM). Colonies wintering in the same environmental conditions in DAGEM were subjected to second hygienic behavior test in the spring months of 2014. Later third hygienic behavior test was applied on these 50 colonies. Among of these colonies performing hygienic behavior (THB) over 95% were selected. To established and maintain a hygienic line of bees, queen bees were raised from colonies that consistently removed at least 95% of the pin-killed brood within 24 h. and 48 h. Each daughter queen was instrumentally inseminated with 8-10 µL semen of drones collected from other colonies with similar removal rates. Totally 11 daughter queen bees were successfully inseminated. Five of them survived and continued to give offspring. In conclusion the hygienic colonies were derived from Yığılca honeybees. Total hygienic performance of the colonies obtained by artificial insemination was determined as min 94.499% and max. 97.633%. Colonies with the highest hygienic behavior performance were used for queen bee breeding. Moreover colonies studied, showed great higher hygienic behavior performance in 48h than those of 24h.
- Publication
Uludag Bee Journal, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 2, p47
- ISSN
1303-0248
- Publication type
Article