Characteristics of Apis mellifera L. queens obtained from larvae with different ages. Acceptance efficiency and queen weight

Authors

  • Etelvina Conceição Almeida da Silva Instituto de Zootecnia, Divisão de Zootecnia Diversificada, Seção de Apicultura, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello Moreti Instituto de Zootecnia, Divisão de Zootecnia Diversificada, Seção de Apicultura, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Maria Luísa Teles Marques Florêncio Alves Instituto de Zootecnia, Divisão de Zootecnia Diversificada, Seção de Apicultura, Nova Odessa, SP
  • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho Universidade Estadual Paulista, IBRC, Departamento de Biologia, Rio Claro, SP
  • José Chaud Netto Universidade Estadual Paulista, IBRC, Departamento de Biologia, Rio Claro, SP

Keywords:

apis mellifera, queen rearing, ages of larvae, larvae acceptance, production efficiency, queen weight

Abstract

The present work was carried out with the objective of checking the influence of larvae age of Ãpis mellifera L. (africanized) in larvae acceptance, queen cell viability and queen weight. The queens were obtained by Doolittle method utilizing 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours old larvae. In the ninth day after thee first transference, the queen cell were removed and de number of accepted larvae (larvae acceptance) was annotated. The queen emergence (queen cell viability) was verified and the queen weight registered in the first 12 hours of its life. The weight in summer rearing was bigger (P < 0.05) (173.81 ± 2.29mg) than the weight in de winter ones (156.66 ± 2.38ing). The queen weight decreased linearly (P <0.05) with the increase of larvae age (12 to 48 hours), varying from 181.23 ± 3.04 to 145.58 ± 3.96mg. There was a positive correlation (P <0.01) between queen weight and maximum temperature (r = 0.277) and queen weight and rainfall (r = 0.275).

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Published

2014-01-14

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FORAGE CROPS AND PASTURES

How to Cite

Characteristics of Apis mellifera L. queens obtained from larvae with different ages. Acceptance efficiency and queen weight. (2014). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 50(2), 125-129. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/837

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