Comparison of swarming tendency and defensive behavior of yıǧılca local and other commonly used honeybee genotypes in Turkey Yıǧılca yerel bal arısının oǧul verme eǧilimi ve savunma davranışı bakımından Türkiye'de yaygın olarak kullanılan diǧer genotipler ile karşılaştırılması

GÖSTERİT A., ÇIKILI Y., Kekeçoǧlu M.

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.18, sa.4, ss.595-598, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.595-598
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Defensive behavior, Genetic conservation, Swarming, Yi{dotless}ǧi{dotless}lca honeybee
  • Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this study, swarming tendency and defensive behavior of Yi{dotless}ǧi{dotless}lca local honeybee were determined and compared with other commonly used honeybee genotypes in Turkey. Colonies were headed by naturally mated queens and 10 colonies of Yi{dotless}ǧi{dotless}lca local honeybee, 12 colonies of of Apis mellifera caucasica cross and 12 colonies of of Apis mellifera anatoliaca cross were used in the experiment. In swarming season, Yi{dotless}ǧi{dotless}lca honeybee colonies constructed more queen cells (49.86±18.00) than both A.m. anatoliaca cross (13.00±7.00) and A.m. caucasica (8.00±1.15) cross colonies. Similarly, according to results of sting test, the highest number of stings was determined in Yi{dotless}ǧi{dotless}lca honeybee colonies (18.38±4.24), followed by A.m. anatoliaca (5.50±2.15) and A.m. caucasica (3.75±0.62) crosses. Results showed that Yi{dotless}ǧi{dotless}lca local honeybee genotype has a more swarming tendency and is more defensive than A.m. anatoliaca and A.m. caucasica crosses.