Body Characteristic of Drones of Different Origin-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Body Characteristic of Drones of Different Origin

Published:2023-12-01 Issue:4 Volume:67 Page:41-45
ISSN:2453-7837
Container-title:Folia Veterinaria
language:en
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Author:

Sabo Rastislav¹,Sabová Lucia²,Galajda Richard³

Affiliation:

1. 1 Department of Breeding and Diseases of Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology

2. 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

3. 3 Department of Biology and Physiology , University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice , Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice , Slovakia

Abstract

Abstract Computer-based methods help beekeepers and scientists in apidology and bee research. Using software Optika Vision Pro in this study, three body morphological characteristics has been applied to honeybees’ drones (Apis mellifera carnica) of different origin in identification of difference among them. All three measured body morphological characteristics (body length, forewing length, and head length) were statistically different between drones originated from colonies with mated queens and drones originated from colonies with unfertilised queen and/or with unfertilised worker bee(s), respectively, thus making them potentially more successful in queen fertilization and secondary colony development and productivity.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/fv-2023-0036

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