Comparison of Hygienic Behavior of Exotic Honey Bee Apis mellifera L. and Indigenous Honey Bee Apis cerana of Pakistan

Sociobiology

Hussain Ali¹  Muhammad Shakeel²  Sajjad Ahmad² 

[1] Agricultural Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar;Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop Protection Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.;

关键词: hygienic behavior;    species comparison;   

DOI  :  10.13102/sociobiology.v67i1.4503

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Indigenous and exotic honey bee species were evaluated for their hygienic behavior in the climatic condition of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Colonies of equal strength from indigenous (Apis cerana) and exotic (Apis mellifera) species were selected for the study. The same colonies were tested in two seasons. Sealed brood were killed with different methods i.e pin killed and freeze killed. The uncapping of cells and brood removal was recorded at different intervals. Significant differences were recorded between hygienic behavior of both species of honey bees. Apis cerana showed significantly superior hygienic behavior than Apis mellifera in both seasons. At different intervals in both species significant differences were recorded. A significant difference was recorded after 12 and 24 hours between the species in both seasons. No significant differences were recorded after 48hours in both species. From the study it is concluded that indigenous honey bee species has superior hygienic behavior than exotic species.

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