Strength surpasses relatedness–queen larva selection in honeybees
PLoS ONE, 2021 Nepotism was initially theoretically predicted and sometimes found to trigger the selection of specific larvae to be reared as queens in the honeybee Apis mellifera.
Saad Naser AL-Kahtani, Kaspar Bienefeld
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VIRGIN QUEENS OVARIES PROTEINS AND NITROGEN CONTENT OF DIFFERENT VIRGIN QUEENS BODY PARTS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2013 This investigation was conducted at the apiary of Sakha Agricultural Research Station to evaluate certain factors affecting protein content in the ovaries of virgin queens and nitrogen content in different body regions (head, thoray and abdomen) of ...
K. Helaly, A. Fatehe
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EFFECT OF ACCESS OF WORKER BEES TO SEALED QUEEN CELLS ON SOME MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF THE PRODUCED VIRGIN QUEENS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2007 In this work the effect of the exposure time of the sealed queen cells to the worker bees was investigated. For this purpose two Carniolan bee colonies were chosen, one being the mother of the queen larvae and the other as rearing colony.
K. Mohanny,, A. Mazeed ,
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SOME MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTER·S OF QUEEN HONEY BEE Apis mellifera carnica ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT LOCALITIES AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2002 The criteria used throughout the present study were: weight of the queen, length of the abdomen , length and width of the right fore wing, length and width of 3rd and 4th terga , number of ovarioles of the right ovary, diameter and volume of the ...
A. Mohamed, Sawsan Saleh, Madeha Mustafa
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Cryptic "royal" subfamilies in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 During emergency queen rearing, worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) select several otherwise worker-destined larvae to instead rear as candidates to replace their dead or failing queen.
James M Withrow, David R Tarpy
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EFFECT OF SOME POLLEN SUBSTITUTES ON BROOD REARING ACTIVITY AND QUEEN PRODUCTION OF HONEYBEE COLONIES [PDF]
Journal of Productivity and Development, 2006 Wheat germ, dried brewer's yeast and defatted soybean flour were offered, in form of cake (paste), as pollen substitutes to honeybee colonies. The effect of such feeding on brood rearing activity and queen production were investigated during 2003/2004 ...
Reda Omar
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Effect of the Multiple Queens Within Colony on Some Honeybee Activities, Apis mellifera carnica and Sustainability of their Colonies [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2017 Multiple honey bee queen colonies contained two to four mated queens which able to move freely were produced by removing the mandibles of queens which trigger fighting and queen elimination within the colony.
O. EL-Ansary +2 more
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Exploring the Strength Impact of Starter-Finisher Orphan Colonies and Rearing Season on Some Economic Characteristics of the Produced Queens in the Middle Delta Region, Egypt [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and PathologyThis study aimed to explore the effect of two worker’s population densities on the basic of comb number covered with bees (8 combs as high density and 5 combs as low density) within starter - finisher queen-less rearing colonies on the larval graft ...
M. A. Abd Al-Fattah +4 more
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High-Quality Queens Produce High-Quality Offspring Queens
Insects, 2022 Honey bees, rather than rear queens with eggs and larvae from worker cells, prefer to rear new queens with eggs form queen cells, if available. This may be a result of long-term evolutionary process for honey bee colonies. However, the exact mechanism of
Longtao Yu +5 more
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Insects, 2021 Honey bee colonies have a yearly cycle that is supported nutritionally by the seasonal progression of flowering plants. In the spring, colonies grow by rearing brood, but in the fall, brood rearing declines in preparation for overwintering.
Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman +9 more
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