The Spatial Distribution of Honeybee Apis mellifera L. Drones in Their Colony | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 7, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 71-79 PDF (674.3 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2016.12857 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammad A. Abd Al-Fattah; Ahmed A. El-Shemy; Mohamed S. El-Masarawy | ||
| Department of Economic Entomology and pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This work was carried out in the apiary of Agric. Fac. Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt during spring and summer seasons of 2015 to study the spatial distribution of young and old honeybee drones Apis mellifera L.. The obtained results showed that the spatial distribution of drones was differed according to their ages and seasons of the year. Generally the immature adult drones tend to concentrate on the brood combs, whereas the mature ones were showed on peripheral combs. On the other hand during the cold months the majority of young drones were showed on the central combs, whereas the stable temperature which was suitable for their sexual maturity. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Honeybee; Apis mellifera L; Mature & immature drones | ||
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