Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Evaluation of hygienic bees behavior and quality queens production through Doolittle method in honey bee [Apis mellifera (L.)]
Author(s): Rakesh Kumar and Pramod Mall
Abstract: This experiment was carried out in Apiary, Modern Bees Garden Research and Training Centre, Department of Entomology, G.B.P.U A&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand during August 2013 to May 2014, to determine hygienic bees behavior to evaluate the good cleaning ability or hygienic cleanness behavior of the honey bees colonies and production of quality queens in queen less colonies through Doolittle method to establish healthy queen for stock improvement as well as study of biological steps in queen rearing. This study was performed on ten colonies which were selected randomly in the apiary. The results had shown a variation in the removal of dead brood from the colonies. Higher mean percentage of cleaning of comb cells were observed 98% in C9 followed by 91% in C2 and C3 while minimum in C10 (87.88%) colonies. Average numbers of larval grafts were 20 out of which 10 accepted, whereas sealed cells were 8, 6 queens emerged and 4 were established. The average success rate in cell acceptance was 52%, sealed cells 75%, queen emergence 72% and mated queen 74%. The percentage success rate of established queen was recorded highest 83% in C2 followed by 80% in C9 and the lowest 66% in C10 colonies.
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Rakesh Kumar, Pramod Mall. Evaluation of hygienic bees behavior and quality queens production through Doolittle method in honey bee [Apis mellifera (L.)]. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):1503-1506.
