Influence of management and environmental factors on mating success of Africanized queen honey bees

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorda Silva, ECA
dc.creatorda Silva, RMB
dc.creatorChaud-Netto, J.
dc.creatorMoreti, ACCC
dc.creatorOtsuk, I. P.
dc.date2014-05-20T15:22:17Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:55:55Z
dc.date2014-05-20T15:22:17Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:55:55Z
dc.date1995-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-05T23:35:48Z
dc.date.available2017-04-05T23:35:48Z
dc.identifierJournal of Apicultural Research. Cardiff: Int Bee Research Assoc, v. 34, n. 4, p. 169-175, 1995.
dc.identifier0021-8839
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/33292
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/33292
dc.identifierWOS:000169110000001
dc.identifierhttp://www.ibra.org.uk/articles/Mating-success-of-Africanized-queen-honey-bees
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/877431
dc.descriptionEnvironmental factors and management techniques were evaluated in São Paulo, Brazil, for enhanced production of Africanized queen honey bees. Queens were reared by the Doolittle method; 12 breeder, 6 cell-builder, and 36 3-frame nucleus colonies were used. Nine groups of four virgin Africanized queen honey bees were subjected to the following treatments: queens were either 1-2, 3-4 or 5-6 days old and were released into mating nuclei containing either capped brood, uncapped brood or no brood. This was repeated sixteen times between August 1990 and August 1992. Seven repetitions occurred during nectar flow periods and nine repetitions occurred during nectar-dearth periods. Overall, 59% of 576 queens were successfully introduced and mated. The best results (93% success) were obtained during nectar flows, with 3- to 4-day-old queens released into nuclei containing capped brood. During nectar dearths the best mating success came from queens introduced into broodless nuclei (63%), the age of the queen did not influence mating success. Mating success decreased when wind velocity increased; this was the only significant meteorological effect found.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherInt Bee Research Assoc
dc.relationJournal of Apicultural Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAfricanized honey bees
dc.subjectApis mellifera
dc.subjectqueen honey bees
dc.subjectmating
dc.subjecthoney bee brood
dc.subjectmanagement
dc.subjectnectar flows
dc.subjectwind
dc.subjectenvironmental factors
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.titleInfluence of management and environmental factors on mating success of Africanized queen honey bees
dc.typeOtro


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