The honeybees (Apis mellifera L) of Libya | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 4, Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2013, Pages 39-47 PDF (348.54 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2013.13362 | ||
| Author | ||
| Taher Shaibi | ||
| Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tripoli. P.O.Box: 13793, Tripoli-Libya | ||
| Abstract | ||
| We investigated honeybee populations of A. mellifera in Saharan and coastal locations in Libya to fill the North Africa gap of biogeography and distribution of honeybees, morphologically and using mtDNA analysis. It was found that Libyan honeybees are different, morphologically and genetically, from adjacent subspecies; and majority of Libyan bees (92%) belongs to oriental evolutionary lineage (O). As well as, it was found local impact of imported European honeybees. Further studies may to name the Libyan bees as a separate subspecies. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Apis mellifera; Libya; Morphometry; lineages; Subspecies 39 | ||
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