Determining Microfungus Flora of Body Surface and Intestinal System of Caucasian Race Bees (Apis mellifera caucasica Pollmann, 1889) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

KIRPIK M. A., AYDOĞAN M. N., Ortucu S., Hasenekoglu I.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.16, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Honey bees are economically important species to Turkey and many other regions of the world due to honey production and also vital pollinators for many species. Therefore, extensive microfloral honey bee research conducted in the literature. Early research was focused on the isolation of pathogen, however contemporary efforts are devoted to unveil ecological role of the non-pathogen members of flora and their potential ecological benefits. In the present study. we evaluated microfungus flora of digestion system and body surface of dead and alive Caucasian (Apis mellifera caucasica Pollmann. 1889) race bees collected from Kars Plateau in 2009. We identified 13 different species of fungi belonging Penicillium, Alternaria, Mucor, Trichoderma, Fusarium, Aspergillus, Ulocladium, Verticillium, and Zythia genuses. The relationship between these fungi and honey bees was discussed further in the light of the existing literature.