Modified hives for mass production of honeybee queens [electronic resource].

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This study was carried out at a private apiary in Meat-Fares Village, Bani Ebeed Region, El-Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, during the period from the first of February, 2013 to the end of September, 2013 to compare the efficacy of modified queen rearing hives in queenright colonies with that of queen less colonies. Ten Langstrouth hives with 12 frame size were prepared by dividing it from the inside with a vertical queen excluder to two sections, each had its separate entrance. The first section presents the queen section which contains three combs with the queen, while the section presented the orphan contains five combs, one or two queen cup frames and a frame feeder. Modified queen right colonies fed on lemon juice as a natural queen pheromone inhibitor. The obtained results indicated that there was significant difference in the average numbers of accepted larvae. The highest larval accepted percentage was recorded at the treatment of modified hives fed on lemon juice (81.07 %) followed by modified hives (72.27 /.), while the queen/ess hives gave only 67. 07 7.. In addition, There was significant difference in the average weights . The highest average weights of emerged queens was recorded with the treatment of modified hives fed on lemon juice (182.16 ± 3.04 mg) followed by modified hives (180.08 ± 3.41a), while the queen/ess hives gave only (168.56 ± 4.09 mg). • Finally, it could be concluded that the use of the modified hives at queenright colonies fed on lemon juice significantly improved the process of mass production of queen rearing.

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