The bee book emma sarah tennant is a coauthor of the bee book, published by dorling kindersley. Complete genome of chronic bee paralysis virus strain slo. The objective of this study was to compare the colony development cycle unsealed and sealed worker brood, drone brood, pollen and colony strength of two apis mellifera carnica subpopulations in two distinct environments alpine and continental. To identify differentially expressed genes degs that affect the development of hypopharyngeal. Metabolism and upper thermal limits of apis mellifera carnica.
Experiments were carried out from the beginning of june to the end of august in the years 19961998. A single locus determines thelytokous parthenogenesis of laying honeybee workers apis mellifera capensis. In this study, the effect of mite infestation on the expression of the lysozyme1 lys1 gene and lysozyme activity in apis mellifera carnica was determined. Our procedure provided a constant inflow of new genes from the. Varroa destructor in sealed worker bee brood cells of apis. We investigated whether samples from these two ecotypes differ in these traits.
Novel aspects in characterisation of carniolan apis mellifera. Hp and lp yields were compared with an unselected control c line. Apis cerana is adept at collecting sporadic nectar in mountain and forest region and exhibits stiffer hardiness and acarid resistance as a result of natural selection, whereas apis mellifera has the advantage of producing royal jelly. The activity of carbohydratedegrading enzymes in the. Haemolymph sugar levels in foraging honeybees apis. Furthermore, bees are widely recognized for their production of valuable substances, including honey, royal jelly rj, propolis, and other products that have the. The genus name apis is latin for bee, and mellifera is the latin for honeybearing, referring to the species production of honey.
Social living bees have been domesticated to generate bee products in sufficient. Its original habitat since the last glaciation is balkan peninsula with neighbouring regions. Zebitz 1 university of hohenheim, institute of phytomedicine. At each test location were two sub groups of 12 colonies headed by naturally mated sister queens from either the institute of apiculture lunz am see. Foraging and pollination activity of apis mellifera adansonii.
Pdf morphological and production characteristics of honey bee colonies from six regions in serbia were examined. Apis mellifera, honeybee model eusocial insect honey bee. The western honey bee or european honey bee apis mellifera is the most common of the 712 species of honey bees worldwide. In small colonies containing 400800 bees, nearly onequarter of the radioactivity which could not be recovered in the nurses was fed by. Colony development of two carniolan genotypes apis mellifera. Proteomics analysis reveals protein expression differences. Apidae 3 laying queen is present in the colony a very helpful tool when inspecting a managed honey bee colony. Chemical communication in the honeybee apis mellifera l. Apis mellifera meda, apis mellifera carnica and apis cerana f.
Colonies of apis mellifera carnica were kept during anthesis in flight cages on field plots with the bt maize, two different conventionally bred maize varieties, and without cages, 1km outside of the experimental maize field to allow ad libitum foraging to mixed pollen sources. Interadult feeding of jelly in honeybee apis mellifera l. The carniolan bee apis mellifera carnica is a subspecies of the western honey bee that has naturalized and adapted to the geographic area of slovenia, the southern part of the austrian alps, and the north balkan countries. Development of a 44k snp assay focussing on the analysis. Therefore, in the laboratory, we experimentally determined the effects of hmf on the longevity and midgut integrity of worker apis mellifera carnica by feeding bees. The species apis mellifera is in the genus apis, of the subfamily apinae, in the family apidae. European honey bee apis mellifera linnaeus and subspecies.
Apis mellifera carnica population in northern and midgermany. Apoidae on fruit and seed of allium cepa its foraging and pollinating activities were studied in maroua, from november 2010 to april 2011 and 2012. Abstractsamples of apis mellifera ligustica from emilia northcentral italy, samples of a. Colony development of two carniolan genotypes apis. Distribution of the species extends from northern europe to southern africa, and from the british isles to the ural mountains, western iran, and the arabian peninsula. Slovenia is often mentioned as a homeland of carniolan honey bee. These bees then dispensed the 14clabelled proteinrich products of their hypopharyngeal glands to the queen and the brood, and also to young drones and workers of all age classes. Influence of pollen feeding and physiological condition on pesticide sensitivity of the honey bee apis mellifera carnica.
Apis mellifera carnica, apis mellifera macedonica, mitochondrial dna, intergenic region, haplotypes, sequencing, population genetics. In addition to the benefits of the highly eusocial honeybee apis mellifera in pollination and other aspects of ecology, the honeybee has been used as a model organism in studies of development, cognition, and neuroscience. Breeding for resistance to varroa destructor in europe beeserious. Pdf morphometric traits of the yellow honeybee apis mellifera. A variant reference data set for the africanized honeybee, apis mellifera. Bibba, from its inception have advocated the use of the native bee apis mellifera mellifera. It is an indigenous breed and one of the most popular bee races in the world. Morphological and molecular characterization of the landes.
In honey bee colonies, hmf in stored honey can negatively affect bee health and survival. The honeybee apis mellifera belongs to the hymenoptera insects that live in social groups with a fixed function of individuals including their rotation during the ontogeny of individuals, resulting in a swarm, which works to some extent, as an organism. The carniolan italian honey bee 16 days after introduction to a top bar hive. Subspecies are native to western europe, western asia, or nontropical northern or southern africa. Pdf hydroxymethylfurfural affects caged honey bees apis. The carniolan honey bee is native to slovenia, southern austria, and parts of croatia, bosnia and herzegovina, serbia, hungary, romania, and bulgaria. Apis mellifera mellifera a escala regional mediante morfometr.
Larvae in the honey bee colony, larvae are referred to as open. Quantitative analysis of social grooming behavior of the honey bee. Genetic structure of apis mellifera carnica in slovakia based on. Apis mellifera carpatica barac 1977 the carniolan honey bee apis mellifera carnica, pollmann is a subspecies of the western honey bee. Selection for highpollen hp and lowpollen lp yield was performed in apis mellifera carnica for four generations using pollen traps. Learning of monochromatic stimuli in apis cerana and apis. Effect of stacked insecticidal cry proteins from maize pollen. During their 10days life span, the consumption of bt maize pollen. Feeding honeybee colonies apis mellifera carnica poll. Immune related gene expression in worker honey bee apis.
Dec 29, 2011 development of a 44k snp assay focussing on the analysis of a varroa. Pdf the morphometric traits of the yellow honeybee from vojvodina were researched in this study. Residues of pesticides in honeybee apis mellifera carnica bee. Varroa destructor is a parasitic mite that attacks the honey bee, and previous studies have suggested that parasitosis caused by this mite is accompanied by immunosuppresion in the host. Emma sarah tennant, author profile emma sarah tennant is a beekeeper, aromatherapist and author.
Honey and wax production have me dium h2 values for worker 0. Apis mellifera carnica, originating from mountainous northwestern region of slovenia. Pdf chromosomal diversity in apis mellifera carnica from. Comparative study for evaluating two honey bee races, apis mellifera jemenitica indigenous race and apis mellifera carnica carniolan race in brood production, population development and foraging activity under the environmental conditions of the central region of the kingdom of saudi arabia. Transcriptome differences in the hypopharyngeal gland. Previous investigations of haemolymph sugar levels in honeybees have reported very different results, probably because different experimental conditions affected the activity levels of the animals. Identifying suitable queen rearing sites of apis mellifera. Samples of apis mellifera ligustica from emilia northcentral italy, samples of a. The genus name apis is latin for bee, and mellifera is the latin for honeybearing, referring to the species production of honey like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies with a single fertile female or queen, many.
The honey bee races apis mellifera carnica pollman and a. Cebelje matice, zreli maticniki, druzine na lr satju, paketne cebele, roji. Metabolism and the upper lethal thermal limits are crucial physiological traits, adapted in the evolutionary process to environment and climate conditions. Spotter institute for bee research hohen neuendorf e. Injuries of worker bees apis mellifera carnica stored in. Chromosomal diversity in apis mellifera carnica from serbia. In small colonies containing 400800 bees, nearly onequarter of the radioactivity which could not be recovered in the nurses was fed by them in a. Haemolymph sugar levels in foraging honeybees apis mellifera. Expression and activity of lysozyme in apis mellifera carnica. Est6 was used for the first time in a wide population study of a. Expression and activity of lysozyme in apis mellifera. Apis mellifera carnica cebelje matice kranjske cebele. Apis mellifera carnica is a honey bee subspecies, first described by pollmann in 1879. Genetic discrimination of italian bee, apis mellifera ligustica versus.
Foraging and pollination activity of apis mellifera. This datasheet includes data on pure apis mellifera scutellata from its native range, but mostly on the invasive polyhybrid between a. Emma studied english language and literature at the plymouth campus of the university of exeter, and has worked as a writer and editor for almost two decades. Metabolism and upper thermal limits of apis mellifera.
Bibba, from its inception have advocated the use of the native bee apis mellifera mellifera, the dark european honeybee. Carniolan honeybee genetic diversity individualpopulation assignment nuclear dna markers. A single locus determines thelytokous parthenogenesis of. May 03, 2012 the carniolan italian honey bee 16 days after introduction to a top bar hive. The present study investigated the dependence of haemolymph sugar levels in foraging honeybees on metabolic rate and whether the haemolymph sugar level is regulated. Apis mellifera carnica, pollmann 1879 semantic scholar. Effect of stacked insecticidal cry proteins from maize. Apis mellifera adansonii, nectar, pollen, allium cepa, pollination, maroua, abstract to evaluate the impact of apis mellifera adansonii hymenoptera.
Phosphorolytic degradation of glycogen was significantly stronger than. Apis mellifera, honeybee model eusocial insect honey. Why use the dark european honey bee amm it is worthwhile from time to time, to take stock of ones aims and objectives, and to see if they are still valid in the light of present day circumstances. Correlated and direct responses to selection for high and. A variant reference data set for the africanized honeybee. Standard measures of forewing vein angles were investigated for their utility in discriminating between these two races and in identifying bees of unknown origin.
Influence of pollen feeding and physiological condition on pesticide. Mite fertility in individual colonies ranged between 73 100 % in apis m. This article is from journal of insect science, volume 12. Apis mellifera is the most commonly domesticated species of honey bees, probably originated in tropical africa and spread from there to northern europe and east into asia. Affected bees become flightless and are often found crawling on the ground. Apidae, from newly hatched larva to freshly emerged imago of worker and drone. The reproduction of the honey bee mite, varroa destructor in. Larvae in the honey bee colony, larvae are referred to as open brood because the cells are uncapped figure 6 and 7.
Honey bee apis mellifera carnica colonies were placed in two apple orchards treated with the insecticides diazinon and thiacloprid and the. Genetic discrimination of italian bee, apis mellifera. Honeybee nurses 8 days old were injected with 14cphenylalanine. A high concentration of hydroxymethylfurfural hmf e. The importance of morphometric geometry on discrimination of. Pdf characteristics of honey bee apis mellifera carnica, pollman.
Hydroxymethylfurfural affects caged honey bees apis. Unlimited viewing of the articlechapter pdf and any associated supplements and figures. Chronic bee paralysis virus cbpv causes infectious and contagious disease of adult honeybees called chronic paralysis. Genetic diversity of deformed wing virus from apis. The importance of morphometric geometry on discrimination.
Results showed no significant differences due to race or to season in mite fertility. Colony development of two carniolan genotypes apis mellifera carnica in relation to environment. Abstract the activity of glycogen phosphorylase and carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes. Correlated and direct responses to selection for high and low. Genetic variation of apis mellifera from serbia inferred. Morphological and production characteristics of carniolan honey bee apis mellifera carnica poll. Identifying suitable queen rearing sites of apis mellifera mellifera at a regional scale using. Genetic characterization of apis mellifera macedonica. A queenright colony of honeybees apis mellifera carnica pollm. Apis mellifera carnica pollman, 1879 vernacular names. Subspecies of apis mellifera the common names include european or western honey bee. Correlated and direct responses to selection for high and low pollen yield in a small, open population of apis mellifera carnica.
The bee book is a great introduction to bees and beekeeping for those simply interested in bees or those who would like to become beekeepers but are not quite ready to own a hive yet. Apis mellifera and apis cerana are two sibling species of apidae. European honey bee apis mellifera linnaeus and subspecies insecta. Abstract the rich variety of native honeybee subspecies and ecotypes in europe offers a good genetic resource. A second discriminant analysis was performed with only the a. Development of a 44k snp assay focussing on the analysis of a. Beautifully illustrated, the book opens a window into the fascinating world of bees in nature, in our gardens and in. Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies. The western honeybees apis mellifera carnica and a. The activity of glycogen phosphorylase and carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes. Apis mellifera carnica carniolan honeybee is a subspecies of the western honeybee apis mellifera and is an authentic breed in slovenia. Genetic diversity of deformed wing virus from apis mellifera.
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