Morphological Characters of Some Important Races and Ecotypes of Turkish Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)-II

Authors : Ahmet GÜLER

Pages : 571-576

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted to determine the morphological characters of some important honeybee insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(A. mellifera L.); races and ecotypes in Turkey. Experimental samples were collected from 6 different regions such as Central Anatolia Region insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Beypazary);, North Eastern Anatolia Region insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Posof);, Marmara Region insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Gökçeada);; Thrace Region insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Saray);, Aegean Region insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fethiye); and Mediterranean Region insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Erdemli);. In this study total of 41 morphological characters were measured: Twenty morphological characters including length of fore wing insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(longitudinal);, width of fore wing insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(transversal);, cubital vein distance a, cubital vein distance b, angles of wing venation A4, B4, D7, E9, G12, J10, J16, K19, N23 and O26, pigmentation of tergite 2, 3, 4 and scutellum were evaluated here. It was found that there were not any variation between genotypes regarding forewing weight, wing venations B4, E9, J10 and N23. However, there were significant variations between genotypes as for 16 characters. It was seen that some genotypes have differentiation characters regarding their morphological structure.
Keywords : Honey bee Apis mellifera L, races and ecotypes of Turkey, morphological characters