EFFECT OF COMB AGE ON BROOD REARING, DRY WEIGHT, NITROGEN CONTENT AND SOME MORPHOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKER HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera L.). | ||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
| Article 6, Volume 25, Issue 4, April 2000, Pages 2405-2416 PDF (599.2 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2000.258840 | ||
| Author | ||
| H. M. Fathy, | ||
| Econ. Entomol. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Mansoura Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Twelve 1st hybrid colonies (Carniolan x Local Egyptian race) were chosen to study the effect of combs age on brood rearing activity, dry weight, nitrogen content and some morphometrical characteristics of emergen worker bees. The colonies were divided into three groups A, B and C, which contained combs of 1, 2 and 4-year-old, respectively. In relation to brood rearing activity, a highly significant difference was found between group A and group C. There was also a significant difference between group B and group A. The highest mean of dry weight and nitrogen content of head and thorax were recorded in emerging workers of group A, followed by those of group B. The lowest record of dry weight and nitrogen content was exhibited by the emerging workers of group C. Significant differences also occurred between some morphometrical characteristics namely tongue, flagellum, fore-wing, cubitel index, hind-wing, hooks and basitarsus of emerging workers according to age of combs. | ||
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