The Classic Taxonomy of Asian and European Honey Bees

Dar, Showkat Ahmad; Dukku, Usman H; Il’yasov, R. S.; Kandemi̇r, İrfan; Kwon, Hyung-Wook; Lee, M.L.; Koca, Ayça Özkan

doi:10.1201/b22405-4

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“…The occurrence record dataset of the bees therefore might not be complete, and additional studies are needed. Additionally, Western honey bees mainly comprise of various subspecies and ecotypes which might have different climatic requirements 51–53 . However, our study did not consider their potential ranges which might be closely linked to the action of beekeepers and their different climatic requirements.…”

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“…Additionally, Western honey bees mainly comprise of various subspecies and ecotypes which might have different climatic requirements. [51][52][53] However, our study did not consider their potential ranges which might be closely linked to the action of beekeepers and their different climatic requirements. Therefore, caution is needed when interpreting the significance of our observations.…”

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Future range dynamics of Asian yellow‐legged hornets (Vespa velutina) and their range overlap with Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) reveal major challenges for bee conservation in Europe

Nie,

Cao,

Yang

et al. 2024

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUNDThe invasion of Asian yellow‐legged hornets (Vespa velutina) has significantly affected Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) and apiculture in Europe. However, the range dynamics of this hornet and its range overlap with the bees under future change scenarios have not yet been clarified. Using land‐use, climate, and topographical datasets, we projected the range dynamics of this hornet and Western honey bees in Europe and the future overlap of their ranges.RESULTSWe found that climatic factors had stronger effects on the potential ranges of the hornets compared with land‐use and topographical factors. A considerable range expansion of this hornet was predicted, and an increase in the overlap between this pest and the bees was primarily caused by future decreases in temperature seasonality. Additionally, we detected future range expansions of the hornet in the UK and France; future range overlap between this pest and Western honey bees in the UK, Ireland, Portugal, and France; and future overlap between the ranges of this pest and bees but not under recent conditions was mainly projected in Germany, Denmark, and the UK.CONCLUSIONMitigating future climate change might effectively control the proliferation of the hornets and their effects on the bees. Strategies for preventing the invasion of this pest and developing European apiculture should be developed and implemented in these regions where future range overlap between them was projected. Given that climate‐change scenarios may result in uncertainty in our projections, further investigation is needed to clarify future range changes of our target species. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Future range dynamics of Asian yellow‐legged hornets (Vespa velutina) and their range overlap with Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) reveal major challenges for bee conservation in Europe

Nie,

Cao,

Yang

et al. 2024

Pest Management Science

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“…The history of beekeeping in Kazakhstan dates back over more than 200 years to the first mention of the import of bees to the Ust-Kamenogorsk fortress. According to available information [4], bees were first brought to the Ust-Kamenogorsk region in 1786 and then spread across the Altai Mountains and Siberia. The bees had been imported into Kazakhstan from several locations including Bashkiria, Ukraine, and Orenburg [6] .…”

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“…Several hypotheses based on morphological and DNA analysis data have been proposed to explain the origins of the subspecies and diversity of evolutionary lines. Asia, the Middle East, and Africa are considered possible centers for the origin of A. mellifera L., with subsequent bee migration to Eurasia via the Iberian and Arabian peninsulas [1,2,4,5].…”

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Genetic investigation of honeybee populations in Kazakhstan

Gritsenko

Temirbayeva

Taskuzhina

et al. 2023

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Beekeeping as a staple of agriculture in Kazakhstan is believed to have emerged when external bee specimens were introduced into the country. The Central Russian bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) has been present throughout Kazakhstanian apiaries for a long time since its import into Eastern Kazakhstan at the end of the 18th century. To date, six subspecies have been distributed across the country (A.m. sossimai, A.m. carpatica, A.m. mellifera, A.m. ligustica, A.m. caucasica, and A.m. carnica). According to mitochondrial haplotype analysis based on DraI mtDNA COI-COII (DmCC) test, local samples were represented by C2 (316), C1 (99), and M4 (7) haplotypes. The results of simple sequence repeats (SSR) genotyping revealed a large polymorphism at nine microsatellite loci, with the number of alleles amounting to 35 (AP55), 32 (AP43), 25 (A124), 18 (A113), 13 (A88), 12 (A43), 11 (A007), 7 (A28), and 5 (A24). Relative to the expected heterozygosity (He), the observed heterozygosity (Ho) was slightly higher for most markers considering both the overall samples and individual populations. The inbreeding coefficient confirmed the excess outbreeding for the geographical populations of car-Shym-T (-0,105), car-zham-A (-0,114), Zhet-Alakol (-0,008), and Zhet-Ushbulak (-0,028). The admixture of honeybee local populations was confirmed by the research presented here.The differentiation of populations was only possible by geographical location according to clustering analysis. A considerable degree of genetic admixtures among subspecies was identified in every population. The subspecies were not separated from each other. None of the groups formed by the neighbor-joining tree based on Nei's genetic distance included a precise subspecies or population. All groups represented an admixture of subspecies from different populations. Unregulated cross-breeding for the past 50 years has laid the foundation for the promiscuous genetic nature of honeybee populations in Kazakhstan. It could be concluded that some samples were the result of cross-breeding with endemic bee Apis mellifera pomonella since most apiaries were located in areas of endemic bee distribution.

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