Artificial Feeding as Stress Factor Affecting Wing Venation Symmetry of Worker Honeybees
Fathy, H., Mazeed, A., Nafae, E., Abd El Dayem, M. (2018). Artificial Feeding as Stress Factor Affecting Wing Venation Symmetry of Worker Honeybees. EKB Journal Management System, 9(10), 677-682. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2018.43957
H. M. Fathy; A. M. Mazeed; E. A. Nafae; M. R. Abd El Dayem. "Artificial Feeding as Stress Factor Affecting Wing Venation Symmetry of Worker Honeybees". EKB Journal Management System, 9, 10, 2018, 677-682. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2018.43957
Fathy, H., Mazeed, A., Nafae, E., Abd El Dayem, M. (2018). 'Artificial Feeding as Stress Factor Affecting Wing Venation Symmetry of Worker Honeybees', EKB Journal Management System, 9(10), pp. 677-682. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2018.43957
Fathy, H., Mazeed, A., Nafae, E., Abd El Dayem, M. Artificial Feeding as Stress Factor Affecting Wing Venation Symmetry of Worker Honeybees. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 9(10): 677-682. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2018.43957

Artificial Feeding as Stress Factor Affecting Wing Venation Symmetry of Worker Honeybees

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology
Article 12, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2018, Page 677-682  XML PDF (868.53 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2018.43957
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Authors
H. M. Fathy1; A. M. Mazeed2; E. A. Nafae3; M. R. Abd El Dayem3
1Department of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University
2Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University
3Department of Apiculture, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza.
Abstract
Directional and fluctuating asymmetry were estimated in worker bees fed on sugar syrups in comparison with feeding with honey (control). By using 25 traits of wing venation pattern on left and right forewing of worker honey bees, it could be stated that directional asymmetry (DA) was not related to the type of feeding. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), however, differed between characters and between feeding treatments, but no interaction was found between them. The individual characters were combined and analyzed as composite fluctuating asymmetry to maximize the probability of detecting (FA)-stress relationship when it exists. The result showed that (FA) of distances between vein junctions were significantly higher in sugar-feeding than in honey-feeding colonies.
Keywords
Honeybees; Workers; forewing venation; vein distance; vein angels; polar coordination; fluctuating asymmetry; directional asymmetry; composite fluctuating asymmetry
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