Effect of Introducing Larval Queen Cell Numbers and Rearing Season on Certain Developmental Features and Wet Weight of Commercially Produced Queens under Damietta Conditions (North Egypt)
Abd Al-Fattah, M., El-Kady, H., Abd Al-Hady, N. (2021). Effect of Introducing Larval Queen Cell Numbers and Rearing Season on Certain Developmental Features and Wet Weight of Commercially Produced Queens under Damietta Conditions (North Egypt). EKB Journal Management System, 12(3), 177-183. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.153277
M. A. Abd Al-Fattah; H. A. El-Kady; Noura Abd Al-Hady. "Effect of Introducing Larval Queen Cell Numbers and Rearing Season on Certain Developmental Features and Wet Weight of Commercially Produced Queens under Damietta Conditions (North Egypt)". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 3, 2021, 177-183. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.153277
Abd Al-Fattah, M., El-Kady, H., Abd Al-Hady, N. (2021). 'Effect of Introducing Larval Queen Cell Numbers and Rearing Season on Certain Developmental Features and Wet Weight of Commercially Produced Queens under Damietta Conditions (North Egypt)', EKB Journal Management System, 12(3), pp. 177-183. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.153277
Abd Al-Fattah, M., El-Kady, H., Abd Al-Hady, N. Effect of Introducing Larval Queen Cell Numbers and Rearing Season on Certain Developmental Features and Wet Weight of Commercially Produced Queens under Damietta Conditions (North Egypt). EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 12(3): 177-183. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.153277

Effect of Introducing Larval Queen Cell Numbers and Rearing Season on Certain Developmental Features and Wet Weight of Commercially Produced Queens under Damietta Conditions (North Egypt)

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology
Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2021, Page 177-183  XML PDF (898.72 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2021.153277
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Authors
M. A. Abd Al-Fattah1; H. A. El-Kady2; Noura Abd Al-Hady email 2
1Dept. of Economic Entomology & Pesticides, Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt
2Dept. of Economic Entomology, Fac. Agric., Damietta Univ., Damietta, Egypt
Abstract
The present studies were carried out to investigate the quantity (as % of accepted larvae, sealed queen cells and emerged queens) and quality (as weight of queen at emergence) of queen honeybees as affected by some internal environmental factors related to rearing process during late winter period and summer season of two successive years, (2018/2019) at Damietta governorate, (North Egypt). No significant difference was found for all parameters between the two studied years. Significant increase in the percentages of acceptance, sealed queen cells and emerged queens as well as weight of queens at emergence were obtained when introducing 32 than 48 larval queen cells into starter and finisher queen rearing colony, respectively. Larval queen cells which presented on the middle position, (174.6 mg./queen) of rearing bar produced more frequently queens with heavy weight than those presented on the peripheral ones, (169.9mg./queen). The artificially reared virgin queens during summer season were significantly heavier (175.7 mg. /queen) than those reared during the period of late winter, (166.9 mg./queen).
Keywords
Internal factors affected queen rearing; Middle and peripheral positions on rearing bar; Rearingseason; Queen Weight; Acceptance percentage
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