Influence of feeding on the production of honey bee queens during the dearth period under Nasr City conditions – Cairo | [electronic resource]
Hussain, A. E.
Influence of feeding on the production of honey bee queens during the dearth period under Nasr City conditions – Cairo [electronic resource] تأثير التغذية علي تربية وانتاج الملكا ت خلال فترة القحط تحت ظروف مدينة نصر - القاهرة - p. 1-7.
Includes references.
Under Nasr City conditions, honey bee colonies exposed to dearth period, which occurs in the summer season. This work was designed to
overcome the bad effects of this period by feeding on fresh and stored pollen (for one and two years) to study the effect of pollen
on queen rearing of (F1 hybrid Carniolan and Italian) by measuring the food consumption, success grafting and mean of virgin queen
body weight. During the dearth period from 31 Jul. to 15 Aug. 2019, twenty-four honey bee colonies of the same strength
(12 Carniolan and 12 Italian) were distributed as follows, three treatments and control (three replicates for each) from every race.
Food consumption mean by the two tested honey bee races from fresh pollen, was (143.7g) while it was (121.7 and 113.5g) from the stored
pollen for one year and for two years respectively in the same period. The Italian race consumed higher quantity from different diets
than the Carniolian race and the nocturnal consumption was more than diurnal one. The successful grafting percentages mean for the two
tested races resulted from feeding on fresh pollen, the stored pollen for one-year, stored pollen for two years and control were
(66.2, 39.9, 37.9 and 24.3%) respectively. The mean of the Carniolian and Italian newly emerged virgin queen weight resulted from
feeding on fresh pollen (0.224g), while those resulted from feeding on stored pollen for one year and two years were (0.217 and 0.202g)
respectively. The mean of the Carniolian and Italian newly emerged virgin queen weight of control was (0.185g). The Italian newly emerged
virgin queen had a larger weight mean than Carniolan one.
Keywords: Stored pollen, honey bee, queen, fresh, weight, dearth period, food consumption.
Summary in Arabic.
Queen honey bees
Bees--Feeding and feeds--Cairo--Egypt
Influence of feeding on the production of honey bee queens during the dearth period under Nasr City conditions – Cairo [electronic resource] تأثير التغذية علي تربية وانتاج الملكا ت خلال فترة القحط تحت ظروف مدينة نصر - القاهرة - p. 1-7.
Includes references.
Under Nasr City conditions, honey bee colonies exposed to dearth period, which occurs in the summer season. This work was designed to
overcome the bad effects of this period by feeding on fresh and stored pollen (for one and two years) to study the effect of pollen
on queen rearing of (F1 hybrid Carniolan and Italian) by measuring the food consumption, success grafting and mean of virgin queen
body weight. During the dearth period from 31 Jul. to 15 Aug. 2019, twenty-four honey bee colonies of the same strength
(12 Carniolan and 12 Italian) were distributed as follows, three treatments and control (three replicates for each) from every race.
Food consumption mean by the two tested honey bee races from fresh pollen, was (143.7g) while it was (121.7 and 113.5g) from the stored
pollen for one year and for two years respectively in the same period. The Italian race consumed higher quantity from different diets
than the Carniolian race and the nocturnal consumption was more than diurnal one. The successful grafting percentages mean for the two
tested races resulted from feeding on fresh pollen, the stored pollen for one-year, stored pollen for two years and control were
(66.2, 39.9, 37.9 and 24.3%) respectively. The mean of the Carniolian and Italian newly emerged virgin queen weight resulted from
feeding on fresh pollen (0.224g), while those resulted from feeding on stored pollen for one year and two years were (0.217 and 0.202g)
respectively. The mean of the Carniolian and Italian newly emerged virgin queen weight of control was (0.185g). The Italian newly emerged
virgin queen had a larger weight mean than Carniolan one.
Keywords: Stored pollen, honey bee, queen, fresh, weight, dearth period, food consumption.
Summary in Arabic.
Queen honey bees
Bees--Feeding and feeds--Cairo--Egypt