Evaluation of the standards compliance of the queen bees reared in the Mediterranean region in Turkey |
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Authors: | Servet Arslan Mahir Murat Cengiz Aziz Gül Samy Sayed |
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Affiliation: | 1. Akdeniz University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Organic Agriculture, Antalya, Turkey;2. Ataturk University, Vocational School of Technical Science, Department of Plant and Animal Production, Erzurum, Turkey;3. Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, Hatay, Turkey;4. Department of Science and Technology, University College-Ranyah, Taif University, B.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | The influence of different commercial queen producers on the quality of Apis mellifera queens was assessed. It was aimed to determine the quality characteristics of queens reared by commercial queen producers located in the province of Antalya, which is an important region in queens production due to its climatic characteristics. For this purpose, the quality characteristics of a total of 105 queen bees obtained from 21 enterprises were determined. Differences between the enterprises in terms of the number of spermatozoa (P < 0.01) were determined. In terms of the diameter of spermatheca, spermatheca volume and live weight, statistical differences between the enterprises were also observed (P < 0.05). When the relationships between the measured characteristics were examined, significant values were obtained statistically between live weight and diameter of spermathecae (0.268) and spermatheca volume (0.258). It was also determined that there is a significant correlation between spermatheca diameter and spermatheca volume (0.995). The spermatheca diameter of a good quality queen bee should not be <1.2 mm, spermatheca volume 0.90 mm3 and live weight not <200 mg. Only live weight was found to be within the normal quality standard values when the average results of the quality criteria are taken into consideration. Other characters such as spermathecae diameter, spermathecae volume and number of spermatozoa in spermathecae seem to be below quality standard values. |
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Keywords: | Honeybee Queen bee Queen rearing Reproductive features Quality criteria |
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