HONEYBEE QUEENS PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO THEIR LONG PERIOD STORAGE IN QUEEN-RIGHT COLONIES
HATEM AHMED SHARAF EL-DIN;
Abstract
Part I. Storing of honeybee mated queens for long period
This work aimed to investigate the impact of the density, the type of the storage cage, the level of the stored queens as well as the position of stored queens on their weight, survival rate and post storage performance of these queens after different periods of storage within queen-right colonies and during the honey bee active season (March to October). This long time storage could be a solution to beekeepers wishing to initiate new nuclei through artificial swarming in order to replace the old queens before main nectar flow or to offer queens required for the bee packages produced during spring and late summer.
This work was carried out in the apiary yard of the Agricultural Experimental Station, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza Governorate, Egypt in spring and summer of 2013 and 2014.
2. Factors affecting weight of stored honeybee mated queens
e. Effect of number of stored queens
Data revealed that the storing mated honeybee queens in numbers of 20, 30 or 40 queens within queen-right bank colonies had no significant effect on their weight after 75 days (2.5 months) of storage during the honeybee active season (from March to October). The mean weight values of stored queens were 170.4, 172.8 and 170.2 mg. for 20, 30 and 40 inserted
This work aimed to investigate the impact of the density, the type of the storage cage, the level of the stored queens as well as the position of stored queens on their weight, survival rate and post storage performance of these queens after different periods of storage within queen-right colonies and during the honey bee active season (March to October). This long time storage could be a solution to beekeepers wishing to initiate new nuclei through artificial swarming in order to replace the old queens before main nectar flow or to offer queens required for the bee packages produced during spring and late summer.
This work was carried out in the apiary yard of the Agricultural Experimental Station, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza Governorate, Egypt in spring and summer of 2013 and 2014.
2. Factors affecting weight of stored honeybee mated queens
e. Effect of number of stored queens
Data revealed that the storing mated honeybee queens in numbers of 20, 30 or 40 queens within queen-right bank colonies had no significant effect on their weight after 75 days (2.5 months) of storage during the honeybee active season (from March to October). The mean weight values of stored queens were 170.4, 172.8 and 170.2 mg. for 20, 30 and 40 inserted
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| Title | HONEYBEE QUEENS PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO THEIR LONG PERIOD STORAGE IN QUEEN-RIGHT COLONIES | Authors | HATEM AHMED SHARAF EL-DIN | Issue Date | 2016 |
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