Analysis of Colony and Morphological Characters in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera meda)

Mostajeran, M.; Edriss, M. A.; Basiri, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.3923/pjbs.2006.2685.2688

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“…According to the simulation results, we decided to discuss only the estimates provided by the animal model in our experimental dataset. This model yielded high heritability estimates for the four measured traits, which is consistent with the honeybee literature (Moritz & Klepsch, 1985;Mostajeran et al, 2006;Oldroyd et al, 1991;Poklukar & Kezić, 1994;reviewed in Koffler et al 2017).…”

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Estimating heritability in honeybees: Comparison of three major methods based on empirical and simulated datasets

Jourdan-Pineau

Antoine

Galataud

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Phenotypic change in response to selection directly depends on the amount of phenotypic variation and whether this variation is transmitted from parents to offspring. Hence, predicting the evolutionary potential of a trait can be done by estimating the genetic component of the phenotypic variance V P (namely the heritability) which is calculated from the phenotypic resemblance of related individuals in quantitative genetic analyses (Lynch & Walsh, 1998). More precisely, the genetic variance (V G ) can be partitioned into an additive component (V A ) as well as non-additive components: the dominance variance (V D , due to the interaction of alleles at the same locus) and

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Estimating heritability in honeybees: Comparison of three major methods based on empirical and simulated datasets

Jourdan-Pineau

Antoine

Galataud

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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“…The higher number of subspecies occurs in Europe (13), then Africa (11), and finally the Western Asia and the Middle East (9) ( Ilyasov et al, 2020 ). The productivity of these subspecies is varied and can be inferred from specific morphological characteristics such as body size, wing dimensions and corbicular area ( Kolmes and Sam, 1991 , Mostajeran et al, 2006 ). So, planned hybridization between them has been done in some countries including Egypt and Saudi Arabia ( Sheppard et al, 2001 , Abou-Shaara et al, 2013 , Kamel et al, 2003 ).…”

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Genetic network analysis between Apis mellifera subspecies based on mtDNA argues the purity of specimens from North Africa, the Levant and Saudi Arabia

Abou‐Shaara

Al-Ghamdi

Khan

et al. 2021

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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Objectives This study aimed to analyze the genetic relationships between honey bee subspecies using reference specimens and recently collected specimens from different parts of the world. The purity of these specimens was discussed in light of the obtained results. Methods The genetic networks were constructed between 21 subspecies of honey bees, Apis mellifera L.: 9 in Africa, 7 in Europe and 5 in Asia. The analysis was performed using the mtDNA of these subspecies and the Population Analysis with Reticulate Trees software. Some subspecies were represented by more than two specimens based on the available online sequences. Results and conclusions The subspecies A. m. sahariensis from Africa showed unique characteristics and is genetically isolated than all other studied bee subspecies. Specimens collected from Saudi Arabia showed genetic relatedness to A. m. jemenitica , A. m. lamarckii , and some European subspecies, suggesting high degree of hybridization. The close genetic relationship between the Egyptian bees, A. m. lamarckii, and the Syrian bees, A . m. syriaca , were emphasized. The overall genetic network showed the presence of three distinct branches in relation to geographical locations. The high accurateness of the used analysis was confirmed by previous phylogenetic studies as well as the genetic relationships between hybrid bees of A. m. capensis and A. m. scutellata . The genetic networks showed the presence of bee subspecies from Africa in all branches including Europe and Asia. The study suggests the impurity of some specimens mostly due to the hybridization between subspecies. Specific recommendations for future conservation efforts of bees were presented in light of this study.

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“…Morphological strength of wings and legs also in uenced the collection potential of honey. As strong the wings and legs are honeybees could gather nectar and pollen far from the colony 13 .…”

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Relationing of Labellum and Glossae Biomorphological Characteristics of Honeybee Workers as Breeding Tool on Honey Collection Potential of Apis Mellifera L. Honeybee Colonies

Iqbal

Rafique²,

Mahmood³

et al. 2021

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This study focused on the correlation of honey collection Potential and the length and width of labellum and glossae in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera Ligustica). Sixty honeybee A. mellifera L. colonies were selected, among these 60 colonies, 3 worker bees were sampled from each colony total numbers of samples collected were 180 adult worker foraging bees. Fifteen colonies for each group were used to check the correlation of honey production with length of labellum, width of labellum, length of glossae and the width of glossae respectively. These worker bees were bought to the laboratory frozen, boiled, dissected and mounted on the slides. Measurements of the labellum length, labellum width, glossae length and glossae width were taken by the stereomicroscope with ocular micrometer at 0.8X magnification. Correlation values for the honey collectionand length and width of labellum and glossae were high and positive. These Results support the perception that worker bees with larger labellum and glossae have more ability for honey collection potential. It is concluded that Biomorphological characters of labellum and glossae are significantly correlated with the honey collection potential in A. mellifera L.

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Analysis of Colony and Morphological Characters in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera meda)

Cited by 30 publications

References 8 publications

Estimating heritability in honeybees: Comparison of three major methods based on empirical and simulated datasets

Estimating heritability in honeybees: Comparison of three major methods based on empirical and simulated datasets

Genetic network analysis between Apis mellifera subspecies based on mtDNA argues the purity of specimens from North Africa, the Levant and Saudi Arabia

Relationing of Labellum and Glossae Biomorphological Characteristics of Honeybee Workers as Breeding Tool on Honey Collection Potential of Apis Mellifera L. Honeybee Colonies

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