Studies on modern rearing methods in honeybee colonies | ||||
| Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2023, Page 130-131 PDF (540.02 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjapam.2023.317573 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| - Dr. A. A. : Ahmed1; - Dr. B. M. El-Dafrawy :1; - Dr. R. E. S: . Ibrahim2; Mai Monir Fawzy Al- Nabawy El- Zanaty3 | ||||
| 1Prof. of Economic Entomology, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ. | ||||
| 2Professor of Economic Entomology, Plant Protection Res. Inst. Agric. Res. Center | ||||
| 3Economic Entomology and Agricultural Zoology | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ABSTRACT: The present study was carried out during spring seasons of 2019 and 2020 at a special apiary in Al-Kom Al-Akhdar, Shebin Al-Kom, Menoufia Governorate, to evaluate some modern methods of breeding honey bee colonies in order to reach the optimal methods for beekeeping by comparing the type of hives, whether by horizontal expansion that the colony contains two queens, including a horizontal queen barrier or vertical that colonies contain two queens with a vertical barrier between them, or Kenyan hive and the number of 15 frames or foam hives, compared to the Langstroth wooden Langstroth colonies with ten frames and the extent of their impact on the productivity of queens from brood areas and other bee products. The obtained results reported that the mean production of brood area ranged from 110.97±20.37 inch2 for Kenyan hive to 48.39±5.83 inch2 for horizontal hive. The honey production ranged from Kenyan hive was 9467±433.33 gr, to langstroth hive with 4317±187.82 g, with highly significant differences. The mean production of clover pollen ranged from 1630.47±685.61 cm for vertical hive to 821.19±49.12 cm for horizontal and Kenyan hive. The mean queen ovary weight for Egyptian honeybee strain ranged from 0.0044±0.000176 g for vertical hive to 0.0037±0.000291 g for foam hive. The mean worker wax mirror length (mm) for Egyptian honeybee strain ranged from 3.021±0.091 (mm) for both of horizontal and Kenyan hives to 2.896±0.042 (mm) for foam hive. The worker wax mirror width (mm) for Egyptian honeybee strain ranged from Kenyan hive was 1.729±0.042 mm to vertical hives with 1.667±0.021 mm. Worker wax mirror diameter (mm) for Egyptian honeybee strain ranged from foam hive was 0.396±0.055 mm to Langstroth hive with 0.313±0.036 mm. The mean production of brood area (inch2) for Carniolan honeybee strain ranged from to 40.84±0.12 (inch2) for vertical hive. The honey production for Carniolan honeybee strain ranged from Kenyan hive was 7683.33±216.67 g to Langstroth hive with 2566.67±92.80 g. The mean production of brood area (inch2) for Langstroth hive ranged from 140.08±0.046 (inch2) for Carniolan honeybee strain to 71.16±0.208 (inch2) for Italian honeybee strain. The honey production for Langstroth hive ranged from 4316.67±187.82 g, to Italian honeybee strain with 2566.67±92.80 gr. Also, there were highly significant differences between Egyptian and both of Carniolan and Italian honeybee strains. The mean production of brood area (inch2) for vertical hive ranged from 88.41±18.01 (inch2) for Carniolan honeybee strain to 71.16±0.208 (inch2) for Italian honeybee strain.The honey production for vertical hive ranged from Egyptian honeybee strain 5283.33±434.29g to Italian honeybee strain with 3666.67±235.11 g. The mean production of brood area (inch2) for horizontal hive ranged from 48.39±5.83 (inch2) for Carniolan honeybee strain to 40.84±3.56 (inch2) for Italian honeybee strain. The honey production for horizontal hive ranged from Egyptian honeybee strain was 8220.00±145.72 g to Carniolan honeybee strain with 6650.00±217.94 g. The mean production of brood area (inch2) for Kenyan hive ranged from 160.67±29.50 (inch2) for Carniolan honeybee strain to 93.48±12.48 (inch2) for Italian honeybee strain. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Breeding; beekeeping; type of hives; Kenyan hive; foam hives | ||||
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