STUDIES ON THE RESISTANCE TO WINTERING OF THE ITALIAN BEES APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA REARED IN ROMANIA
The study was conducted on bee families of Apis mellifera carpatica and Apis mellifera ligustica breeds. The bees were housed in multi-storey hives. The experimental period was of 6 months. The resistance to wintering was evaluated on the basis of several apicultural indicators: mortality, feed inta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agroprint Timisoara
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies |
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| Online Access: | https://spasb.ro/index.php/public_html/article/view/1477 |
| Summary: | The study was conducted on bee families of Apis mellifera carpatica and Apis
mellifera ligustica breeds. The bees were housed in multi-storey hives. The
experimental period was of 6 months. The resistance to wintering was evaluated on
the basis of several apicultural indicators: mortality, feed intake during the winter,
general state of the family. Mortality was 35% during wintering for the Carpathian
bee and 52% for the Italian bee. The differences were very significant (p≤0.001).
When wintering finished all bee families were in good strength. The general state of
the bee family was as follows: the Carpathian bee had a strong family when
wintering started and ended with a median power; it had a large number of young
bees and sufficient reserves; no diarrhoea or mould were noticed; relative humidity
was 74%. The Italian bee had a strong family when wintering started and ended
with half of the power because of the high mortality during the winter; no diarrhoea
or mould were noticed; relative humidity was 69%. |
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| ISSN: | 1841-9364 2344-4576 |