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Morphometric analysis and population characteristics of Egyptian new valley honeybees [electronic resource].

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Shoukry, A

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Agricultural research journal, Suez Canal University, 2004 v.3(1) [electronic resource].

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In: Agricultural Research Journal, Suez Canal University 2004 v.3(1)Summary: A collection consisted of 1500 worker honeybees from 100 colonies at to locations in the New Valley, an isolated area in upper Egypt, were taken and measured. Thirty-eight characters Were measured in each worker using image analyzer. The analysis showed that the predicted Group membership ranged between 54% and 82.7% for the ten studied populations in the New Valley. This finding means that within each Group there were some populations belonging to another group. Results stlOwed significant variation between origiNal Apis mellifera canlica and the Egyptian Apis mellifera carnica which has been kept as pure race in the New Valley since more than 50 years ago. Therefore, it could be concluded that the honey bee populations in the New Valley have become a new bee populatioo but still mnrphometrically close to the European A. m. carnica.

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A collection consisted of 1500 worker honeybees from 100 colonies at to locations in the New Valley, an isolated area in upper Egypt, were taken and measured. Thirty-eight characters Were measured in each worker using image analyzer. The analysis showed that the predicted Group membership ranged between 54% and 82.7% for the ten studied populations in the New Valley. This finding means that within each Group there were some populations belonging to another group. Results stlOwed significant variation between origiNal Apis mellifera canlica and the Egyptian Apis mellifera carnica which has been kept as pure race in the New Valley since more than 50 years ago. Therefore, it could be concluded that the honey bee populations in the New Valley have become a new bee populatioo but still mnrphometrically close to the European A. m. carnica.

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