Population genetics of italian honeybee apis mellifera ligustica spin. The italian honey bee is thought to originate from the continental part of italy, south of the alps, and north of sicily. Apis mellifera ligustica est une abeille italienne. The african subspecies are particularly aggressive. This subspecies of apis mellifera has a range that is the farthest east known. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf.
High royal jellyproducing honeybees apis mellifera. Pdf portrait of the cape honeybee, apis mellifera capensis. Apis mellifera ligustica definition of apis mellifera. As a result, many subspecies of apis mellifera have been introduced to.
Foraging and pollination activity of apis mellifera adansonii. Oligonucleotide primers used for isolation and expression analysis of odorantbinding proteins from apis mellifera ligustica and apis cerana cerana. Apis mellifera ligustica synonyms, apis mellifera ligustica pronunciation, apis mellifera ligustica translation, english dictionary definition of apis mellifera ligustica. Results of performance testing from apis mellifera ligustica colonies were obtained from the national registry for italian queen breeders and bee producers, which is supported by the italian ministry of agriculture for the improvement and conservation of the autochthonous italian honey bee subspecies. Apis mellifera ligustica apidaehymenoptera bain et. Rajchard faculty of agriculture, university of south bohemia, ceske budejovice, czech republic. Subspecies of apis mellifera the common names include european or western honey bee. Apis mellifera is the most commonly domesticated species of honey bees, probably originated in tropical africa and spread from there to northern europe and east into asia. One of them, apis mellifera scutellata, was accidentally released in south america, and has spread north to the southern united states. Changes of proteome and phosphoproteome trigger embryolarva transition of honeybee worker apis mellifera ligustica alemayehu gala, yu fang, dereje woltedji, lan zhang, bin han, mao feng, jianke li. Genomewide identification of long noncoding rnas and their regulatory networks involved in apis mellifera ligustica response to nosema ceranae infection. Apis mellifera syriaca, classified by skorikov, 1929 syrian honey bee the near east and israel.
A linkage map for the honeybee apis mellifera was constructed mainly from the progeny of two hybrid queens a. Pdf morphological and morphometric analysis of the italian. From as early as the 1930s, itbs apis mellifera ligustica from japan were. We investigated whether samples from these two ecotypes differ in these traits. Barbs facilitate the helical penetration of honeybee apis mellifera. The behavior of honey bees apis mellifera ligustica during. Chemical communication in the honeybee apis mellifera l. The high production of rj in china is principally owing to the high rjproducing lineage of honeybees apis mellifera ligustica spinola, 1806 established by beekeepers in the 1980s.
Media in category apis mellifera ligustica the following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total. Sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees, apis mellifera ligustica article pdf available in journal of apicultural research 484. Exploring poisonous mechanism of honeybee, apis mellifera ligustica spinola, caused by pyrethroids. China is the largest producer and exporter of royal jelly rj in the world, supplying 90% of the global market. Standard methods for apis mellifera anatomy and dissection norman l carreck1,2, michael andree3, colin s brent4, diana coxfoster5, harry a dade, james d ellis6, fani hatjina7 and dennis vanenglesdorp8 1international bee research association, unit 6, centre court, treforest, cf37 5yr, uk. Differences in pollen sources of apis cerana and apis. Molecular insights into the enhanced performance of royal jelly. Apidae 3 laying queen is present in the colony a very helpful tool when inspecting a managed honey bee colony. Pdf genetic characterization of italian honeybees, apis mellifera. European honey bee apis mellifera linnaeus and subspecies. Apis mellifera ligustica spinola eco tipo alpi apuane.
However, conflict within a colony increases drastically during colony reproduction swarming when new. The genus name apis is latin for bee, and mellifera is the latin for honeybearing, referring to the species production of honey. Apis mellifera ligustica also use this strategy to confront vespa crabro, a mild predator that occurs in the native range of this subspecies, although only 15 to 20 workers are involved fig. Apis mellifera ligustica synonyms, apis mellifera ligustica pronunciation, apis mellifera ligustica translation, english dictionary definition of. Jun 29, 2015 apis mellifera ligustica est une abeille italienne. Liliaceae at maroua, cameroon georges tchindebe, fernandnestor tchuenguem fohouo laboratory of zoology, faculty of science, university of ngaoundere, ngaoundere, cameroon article published on august 30, 2014.
The western honey bee or european honey bee apis mellifera is the most common of the 712 species of honey bees worldwide. Pdf sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees. Genetic characterization of apis mellifera macedonica type. Apis mellifera mellifera, linnaeus 1758 is a subspecies and northern geographical race of apis mellifera, the western honeybee. Each wing was measured by manual identification of 19. The species apis mellifera is in the genus apis, of the subfamily apinae, in the family apidae. Italians apis mellifera ligustica are said to be the worlds most widely distributed honey bee. A comprehensive transcriptome data of normal and nosema.
European honey bee apis mellifera linnaeus and subspecies insecta. Georgieva et al genetic characterization of apis mellifera macedonica type rodopica populations selectively controlled in bulgaria table 1. The ligustica has her drawbacks, and these are serious. Racial admixture of apis mellifera in tasmania, australia. Apis cerana cerana acc bees dark abdomens following the dance of a marked and an unmarked apis mellifera ligustica aml forager lighter abdomens in the mixedspecies colony. Sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees, apis mellifera ligustica. Pdf the genetic variability of apis mellifera ligustica was screened throughout the italian peninsula and sardinia with eight. Morphological and molecular characterization of the landes. Biochemical polymorphisms in bees apis mellifera ligustica nature. Hybrid origins of honeybees from italy apis mellifera ligustica and sicily. N umber of alleles na, number of effective alleles ne, percentage of.
Apis mellifera, honeybee model eusocial insect honey bee. Larvae in the honey bee colony, larvae are referred to as open brood because the cells are uncapped figure 6 and 7. Assortative mating in a mixed population of european honeybees, apis mellifera ligustica and apis mellifera carnica springerlink. Exploring poisonous mechanism of honeybee, apis mellifera. These two faults are the root cause of her other disadvantages. Foraging and pollination activity of apis mellifera adansonii latreille hymenoptera. Summaryplant taxa of pollen sources for apis cerana japonica and a. Defensive behaviour of apis mellifera against vespa velutina in.
Study of the obp5 gene in apis mellifera and apis cerana and used to assess binding characteristics using nphenyl1naphthylamine 1npn as the fluorescent ligand. Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan, xinyuan honey bee recently discovered in 2016 in xinjiang uygur autonomous region, urumqi, xinjiang, china. Distribution of the species extends from northern europe to southern africa, and from the british isles to the ural mountains, western iran, and the arabian peninsula. Modeling honey yield, defensive and swarming behaviors of. We compared the sequences, temporal expression pattern, and binding properties of the 2 obpencoding genes. Pdf genomewide identification of long noncoding rnas. Download fulltext pdf portrait of the cape honeybee, apis mellifera capensis article pdf available in apidologie 226 january 1991 with 100 reads.
The western honeybees apis mellifera carnica and a. Apis mellifera ligustica is the italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee apis mellifera. We investigated the predatorprey relationship between the honeybee apis mellifera ligustica and the european wasp vespula germanica by. Pcrrflp of mitochondrial dna reveals two origins of apis. This species has been subdivided into at least 20 recognized subspecies or races, none of which are native to the americas. Hybrid origins of honeybees from italy apis mellifera. They are thought to have evolved in the italian peninsular south of the alps, therefore in a climate that is reliable and warm for much of the year. Apis mellifera ligustica is the italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee apis. Apis mellifera ligustica spinola eco tipo alpi apuane home.
A microsatellitebased linkage map of the honeybee, apis. Apis mellifera ligustica spermatozoa in order to define its standard characteristics and to compare them with any pathological changes. Rj is a special food for young larvae and the honeybee queen. Conflict is rare among the members of a highly cooperative society such as a honey bee colony. Morphological and molecular characterization of the landes honey bee apis mellifera l. Apis mellifera ligustica spinola was obtained from the experimental bee breeding apiary of the institute of apicultural research iar. Standard methods for apis mellifera anatomy and dissection. Pdf sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees, apis. Each subspecies of apis mellifera has different behavioral patterns in regards to intruders near or around the hive. Subspecies are native to western europe, western asia, or nontropical northern or southern africa. Ahbs originated in 1956 in rio clara, brazil where imported african a. Author links open overlay panel qiang wang a b c qingyun diao b c pingli dai b c yanna chu b c yanyan wu b c ting zhou b c.
Metabolism and the upper lethal thermal limits are crucial physiological traits, adapted in the evolutionary process to environment and climate conditions. Here, midguts of apis mellifera ligustica workers at 7 d and 10 d post inoculation dpi with sucrose solution ac7ck and ac10ck and midguts at 7 dpi and 10 dpi with sucrose solution containing n. Metabolism and upper thermal limits of apis mellifera carnica. Study of the obp5 gene in apis mellifera ligustica and apis.
Biochemical polymorphisms in bees apis mellifera ligustica. Pdf the effects of bt cry1ah toxin on worker honeybees. Pdf morphological and morphometric analysis of the. Within the western honey bee apis mellifera, there are more than 20 recognised.
It is presumed that the differences in odorantbinding proteins obps between these 2 species contribute to their olfactory sensitivity. The defensive response of the honeybee apis mellifera. Computer software for identification of honey bee subspecies and. The drone population at a natural drone congregation area dca was composed of 50% apis mellifera ligustica l and 50% apis mellifera carnicac drones.
Modeling honey yield, defensive and swarming behaviors of italian honey bees apis mellifera ligustica using linearthreshold. Before the experiment, the populations of honeybee colonies were adjusted to ensure healthy and comparable populations, and the queens were uniformly replaced to ensure consistent age and species. She lacks vitality and is inclined to excessive brood rearing. Metabolism and the upper lethal thermal limits are crucial physiological traits, adapted in the evolutionary process to environment. The africanized honeybee ahb is a population of apis mellifera found in the americas. The member breeders are responsible for queen production and performance testing. Both dancers had been trained to an artificial feeder 200 m away from the hive.
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