Influence of nest structure and age of the bee queen on preparation of protein feed by bees

Mischenko, O.; Lytvynenko, O.; Afara, K.; Kryvoruchko, D.

doi:10.31073/agrovisnyk202010-04

Cited by 2 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 14 publications

(14 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…On the contrary, during a long active period in strong colonies, the queen bee can lay 150-200 thousand eggs per season. In this case, the body of the queen bee wears out faster and physiological old age comes earlier (Mishchenko et al, 2020).…”

Section: Analysis Of Recent Researches and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Timely change of queen bees every 2 years, as well as increasing and maintaining the strength of bee colonies are the main zootechnical measures to maintain optimal life of bees and get the maximum amount of products from them (Mishchenko et al, 2020).…”

Section: Analysis Of Recent Researches and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding the age of the queen bee and the harvesting activity of bees, the survey shows that the age of the queen bee and the activity of collecting bee pollen are directly related: the younger the age of the queen bee, the greater the collecting activity, the more bee pollen comes to colonies (Mishchenko et al, 2020). The species composition and weight of the pollen collected by bees are influenced by many factors, primarily the number and variety of plant pollen in nature, the formation of which depends less on climatic conditions than nectar productivity of plants ( Urcan et al, 2017;Radev, 2018).…”

Section: Analysis Of Recent Researches and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Quality of queen bees in different ways of their production

Kucheryavyy¹,

Салюк

Скрипник

2021

animal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Honeybees can only live and work in a bee colony. There is normally only one queen bee in a standard bee colony. It is the family's only fully matured female and the mother of young queen, drone, and worker bees. When a bee colony loses its queen bee and is unable to reproduce a new one, it eventually dies. Timely change of queen bees every 2 years, as well as increasing and maintaining the strength of bee colonies are the main zootechnical measures to maintain optimal life of bees and get the maximum amount of products from them. The presence of the queen bee in the bee family of honey bees fully influences their flight activity in collecting bee pollen. In its absence, the harvesting of pollen and its processing, as well as the extraction of wax and the construction of honeycombs, the cultivation of brood, and the collection of nectar are significantly slowed down and then completely stopped. With the advent of the uterus, all the functions of the family as a whole biological system are restored. Therefore, the quality of queens is a determining factor in the viability and productivity of the bee colony. The aim of the study was to compare the quality of reproductive function of queen bees of Apis mellifera sossimai and Apis mellifera carpatica breeds in different ways of obtaining them, and the impact on productivity of the bee colony. To carry out experimental work in the apiary, three control groups and two experimental groups were formed, with nine bee colonies in each group. In the first group, the queen bees were artificially breeded from the nursery, in the second group - fistulous queens bees, and in the third - the swarm queen bees. The apiary is situated on a 50-50 meter plot of land. Hives are used to keep bee colonies. Bees are kept in the apiary of the Ukrainian field breed. A pollinating honey area is available at the apiary. A winter house, a mobile vehicle, and a suitable chamber for honey pumping are all available at the apiary. Mustard is sown around the apiary every year. According to the study, big full-fledged queen bees are born in a healthy, physiologically complete bee colony. When the strength of a bee colony was increased, the queen bees were born 30 mg lighter. The number of fallopian tubes of queen bees raised with a biological integrity breach is 185,1 ± 7,3, while the number of fallopian tubes of queen bees raised with biological integrity is 207,6 ± 7,4. If the bees bring nectar and pollen during the breeding process, the queen bees are born huge, but without the forage а little and with poor executive abilities. It makes no difference how strong the foraging is; even 200 – 300 g of nectar and pollen per day has a positive impact on the quality of queen bees produced. Fistula uteruses had higher egg production compared to swarms in the same conditions of colony development.

show abstract

Section: Analysis Of Recent Researches and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Analysis Of Recent Researches and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Analysis Of Recent Researches and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Quality of queen bees in different ways of their production

Kucheryavyy¹,

Салюк

Скрипник

2021

animal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Тhe influence of the removal bee pollen with the pollen catcher on the flight activity and behaviour of the bees-polen collectors

Mishchenko¹,

Lytvynenko²,

Afara³

et al. 2021

Tehnologìâ virobnictva ì pererobki produktìv tvarinnictva

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The possibility of demonstration of the productivity potential of the bee families depends directly on the level of provision of protein feed. In this regard, the study of the bees behavior that is connected to harvesting and processing of protein food is important for both biology and practical beekeeping. The presented work provides some data of experimental studies of the influence of the removal of the bee pollen on the flight activity of bees. The study of the ethological features that enhance the increase of collection, harvesting and processing of the protein feed was conducted. With this purpose the studies were conducted to elucidate the factors that induce collection of the protein feed -bee pollen by bees and its harvesting in the nest of the bee family in the form of the bee bread. The factors that influence the increase of the collection of the protein feed by bees were researched on experimental and control bee families- analogues. Throughout the studies it was identified that the bees with medium strength were the most active in collecting the pollen. The removal of the bee pollen with pollen catchers decreases the raising of brood by bee families, but doesn’t result in their significant weakening. With the enlargement of the area of the open brood the collection of the pollen by bees increases. In order to obtain the saleable bee pollen the strong bee families should be kept on the apiary. The bees-collectors of the protein feed have the individual features of collecting the bee pollen. With the removal of thbrood from the nest the activity the bees that flew out decreased. When adding the open brood the activity increased. On the contrary, with supply of the bee pollen to the nest, the pollen collecting activity decreases and adding the carbohydrates has no effect. The removal of the bee pollen with the pollen catcher from the bee families increases the flight activity which in turn leads to obtaining more bee pollen on the apiaries and pollination of additional quantity of entomophilous plants. In order to obtain the saleable bee pollen the strong families should be kept on the apiary and the removal should be conducted in the morning and day hours. Key words: bee family, Ukrainian steppe breed, pollen, bee pollen, bee bread, pollen catcher, flight activity of bees.

show abstract

Influence of nest structure and age of the bee queen on preparation of protein feed by bees

Cited by 2 publications

References 14 publications

Quality of queen bees in different ways of their production

Quality of queen bees in different ways of their production

Тhe influence of the removal bee pollen with the pollen catcher on the flight activity and behaviour of the bees-polen collectors

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About