Comparison of swarming tendency and defensive behavior of yığılca local and other commonly used honeybee genotypes in Turkey
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2012
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Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
In this study, swarming tendency and defensive behavior of Yı?ılca local honeybee were determined and compared with other commonly used honeybee genotypes in Turkey. Colonies were headed by naturally mated queens and 10 colonies of Yı?ılca local honeybee, 12 colonies of of Apis mellifera caucasica cross and 12 colonies of of Apis mellifera anatoliaca cross were used in the experiment. In swarming season, Yı?ılca honeybee colonies constructed more queen cells (49.86±18.00) than both A.m. anatoliaca cross (13.00±7.00) and A.m. caucasica (8.00±1.15) cross colonies. Similarly, according to results of sting test, the highest number of stings was determined in Yı?ılca honeybee colonies (18.38±4.24), followed by A.m. anatoliaca (5.50±2.15) and A.m. caucasica (3.75±0.62) crosses. Results showed that Yı?ılca local honeybee genotype has a more swarming tendency and is more defensive than A.m. anatoliaca and A.m. caucasica crosses.
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Defensive behavior; Genetic conservation; Swarming; Yı?ılca honeybee
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Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
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Q3
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18
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4
