Artificial Feeding and Wing Symmetry in Drone Honeybees | ||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
| Article 11, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2018, Pages 671-675 PDF (310.1 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2018.43955 | ||
| Authors | ||
| H. M. Fathy1; A. M. Mazeed2; E. A. Nafae3; M. R. Abd El Dayem3 | ||
| 1Department of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University | ||
| 2Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University | ||
| 3Department of Apiculture, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Wing asymmetry was used to measure the possible stress which could be created when we feed honeybee colony with cane and beet sugar syrup in comparison with feeding with honey (control). For this purpose, 25 traits of wing venation pattern on left and right forewing of drone honey bees were used. The results indicated that directional asymmetry (DA) was not related to the type of feeding. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) differed between characters and between feeding treatments, but no interaction was found between them. The individual characters were combined and analyzed as composite fluctuating asymmetry (CFA) to maximize the probability of detecting (FA)-stress relationship when it exists. The result showed that (CFA) of vein angels were significantly higher in sugar-feeding than in honey-feeding colonies. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Honeybees; drones; forewing venation; vein distance; vein angels; polar coordination; fluctuating asymmetry; directional asymmetry; composite fluctuating asymmetry | ||
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