The relationship between the internal and external morphological parameters of honeybee queens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the determination of morphological variation
Abstract:This study was carried out to determine the crucial external and internal morphological characteristics for evaluating queens in three rearing periods (May, June, and July). Data of 65 queens reared from the local honeybees of the Sanliurfa (Apis mellifera L.) and Anatolian (Apis mellifera anatoliaca) honeybee colonies were used. Discriminant and principal component analyses (PCA) were done for thirty-one external and internal morphological characteristics of queens. The highest weight of the queen at emergenc… Show more
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