Some physiological characteristics of Caucasian and Anatolian honeybee (Apes mellifera L) races and their crossbreeds

DODOLOĞLU A., GENÇ F.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, cilt.26, sa.4, ss.715-722, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.715-722
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The behavioral characteristics of Caucasian and Anatolian honeybee (Apes mellifera L) races and their reciprocal crossbreeds were examined in this study The average levels of food consumption in the Caucasian (K) Caucasian x Anatolian (K x A) Anatolian x Caucasian (A x K) and Anatolian (A) genotype groups were determined to be 9 09 0 68 6 62 0 72 7 93 0 57 and 7 29 +/- 0 97 kg/colony respectively In addition the average population decline in the groups mentioned above were 43 45 3 40 43 53 +/- 3 71 40 71 +/- 3 89 and 31 11 +/- 5 09% respectively