Morphometric Divergence of Anatolian Honeybees Through Loss of Original Traits: A Dangerous Outcome of Turkish Apiculture

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dc.contributor.authorKekeçoğlu, Meral
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T23:19:21Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T23:19:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentDÜ, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümüen_US
dc.descriptionWOS: 000442752800014en_US
dc.description.abstractFive honeybee subspecies exist naturally in Anatolia. Unfortunately, owing largely to migratory beekeeping and lack of control mechanisms against requeening, the native honey bee subspecies located in Anatolia are facing extinction. Beekeeping activities, especially migratory beekeeping jeopardizes the presence of the naturally evolved indigenous subspecies of Anatolia. The present study examined morphological deformation in three Apis mellifera (L.) subspecies (A. m. caucasica, A. m. carnica, A. m. syriaca) and two ecotypes of A. m. anatoliaca (Mugla and Yigilca) that have been kept all together in a long-term breeding program at the common apiary. Worker bee samples representing each honeybee subspecies and ecotype were collected from the common apiary, and also from their original locations. To demonstrate the potential hybridization effect on variations of the Anatolian native honeybee subspecies and ecotypes, the geometric morphometric method was applied on the samples of honeybees that had been kept together in the same apiary since 2008. The findings showed that the honeybee population of the common apiary and those from their native settings formed two different configurations on the scatter plots. Hybridization and promiscuous mating among the different honeybee races maintained in the common apiary may have led to the loss of a valuable combination of morphometric traits. Hence, there is an urgent need for an active monitoring system and a ban on queen trading and migratory practices as well as for periodic testing of registered apiaries to identify ongoing variations in the gene pool.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.1895en_US
dc.identifier.endpage236en_US
dc.identifier.issn0361-6525
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage225en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.1895
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/3733
dc.identifier.volume65en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000442752800014en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniv Estadual Feira Santanaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSociobiologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHoneybee biodiversityen_US
dc.subjectmigratory beekeepingen_US
dc.subjectgeometric morphometricen_US
dc.titleMorphometric Divergence of Anatolian Honeybees Through Loss of Original Traits: A Dangerous Outcome of Turkish Apicultureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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