Molecular genetic analysis of five extant reserves of black honeybee Apis melifera melifera in the Urals and the Volga region

Dark-Colored Forest Bee Apis mellifera in Siberia, Russia: Current State and Conservation of Populations

“…For example, the genetic diversity of bees of the Burzyan population (the Ural, Russia) has been studied only at nine microsatellite loci [24]. Large-scale research of the genetic diversity of the dark-colored forest bee in European populations (Belgium, Sweden, France) dates back to 1998 [26,27].…”

“…Most likely, there are ecological groups (ecotypes), which differ from each other, both for genetic parameters and behavioral, physiological, and morphological characteristics at the level below the subspecies one [17,18,24].…”

“…If the morphometric parameters of bees correspond to the dark-colored forest bee's standard, this bee colony is (5) s. Ozernoe. For comparison, the Burzyan dark-colored forest bee population is attracted: E, Bashkortostan, Ural: 6, the reserve "Shulgan-Tash" [24]. Table 1.…”

“…For comparison, data on the native Burzyan dark-colored forest bee population (the reserve "Shulgan-Tash," Bashkortostan, Ural) were attracted ( Figure 1) [24].…”

“…In order to identify genetic features (specificity, adaptation to various climatic conditions) of dark-colored forest bees from different populations (different geographic areas) and determine different A. m. mellifera ecotypes, the comparative analysis of the variability of nine microsatellite loci was carried out for the bees of A. m. mellifera of Siberian and Ural populations using our own data (the Tomsk region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory) and literature data (the Ural) [24] ( Table 5). …”