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https://doi.org/10.33128/s.76.1-2.2
Effect of queen cell size on body mass of emerged honey bee queens (Apis mellifera carnica)
Filipa Apčak
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, Osijek, Hrvatska
Zlatko Puškadija
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, Osijek, Hrvatska
Marin Kovačić
orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-6733
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In this study, 150 queens grafted from day-old larvae were weighed after hatching. The aim of the study was to determine the correlation of the hatched queens body mass with the size of the queen cells by measuring the volume, width and depth of the queen cells. The average body mass of atched queens was 206.14 ± 28.25 mg. The lowest recorded body mass was 121.30 mg, while the highest was 260.70 mg. The highest positive correlation (r (150) = 0.597) was found between queen body mass and queen cell volume, while the lowest correlation was found with queen cell width (r (150) = 0.335). Based on the results, it can be concluded that the size of the queen cell significantly affects the body mass of the queen. Although heavier queens were obtained from larger queen cells, the deviations were noted, such as smaller body mass queens hatching from larger queens and vice versa.
Ključne riječi
Apis mellifera carnica; queen body mass; queen cell size
Hrčak ID:
280920
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Datum izdavanja:
26.9.2022.
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