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Brood and honey production of honey bee colonies requeened at various frequencies
Maria Kostarelou-Damianidou,Andreas Thrasyvoulou,Dimitrios Tselios,Konstantinos Bladenopoulos +3 more
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A large number of colonies of Apis mellifera macedonica were established in Greece with naturally-mated sister queens, two frames of sealed brood and 2 kg of bees, and requeened either every year or every year for survival.Abstract:
SUMMARYForty colonies of Apis mellifera macedonica were established in Greece with naturally-mated sister queens, two frames of sealed brood and 2 kg of bees, and requeened either every year (A), every two years (B), every three years (C), or left to replace their queens through supersedure (D). All colonies were managed in the same way during the seven-year experiment. Brood area was significantly higher in groups A and B than in C or D, except for the first two years. During the first three years there were no significant differences in honey production between any of the groups, but group D subsequently produced significantly less honey than all other groups. There were generally no significant differences in each year's honey production between colonies in groups A, B or C, suggesting that requeening every two or three years is adequate.read more
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Queen Quality and the Impact of Honey Bee Diseases on Queen Health: Potential for Interactions between Two Major Threats to Colony Health.
TL;DR: Current literature on queen reproductive potential and the impacts of honey bee parasites and pathogens on queens are reviewed to highlight gaps in knowledge and prioritize further research to mitigate disease, improve queen quality, and ensure colony health.
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Population dynamics of European honey bee genotypes under different environmental conditions
Fani Hatjina,Cecilia Costa,Ralph Büchler,Aleksandar Uzunov,Marica Maja Dražić,Janja Filipi,Leonidas Charistos,Lauri Ruottinen,Sreten Andonov,Marina D. Meixner,Małgorzata Bieńkowska,Gerula Dariusz,Beata Panasiuk,Yves Le Conte,Jerzy Wilde,Stefan Berg,Maria Bouga,Winfried Dyrba,Hrisula Kiprijanovska,Seppo Korpela,Per Kryger,Marco Lodesani,Hermann Pechhacker,Plamen Petrov,Nikola Kezić +24 more
TL;DR: It is found that colonies placed in Southern Europe tend to have lower adult bee populations compared to populations placed in colder conditions, while the brood population tends to be smaller in the North, thus reflecting the shorter longevity of bees in warmer climates and the shorter brood rearing period in theNorth.
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Assessing the mating 'health' of commercial honey bee queens.
TL;DR: It is suggested that it may be more effective to improve overall queen reproductive potential by culling lower-quality queens rather than systematically altering current queen production practices.
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A review of methods used in some European countries for assessing the quality of honey bee queens through their physical characters and the performance of their colonies
Fani Hatjina,Małgorzata Bieńkowska,Leonidas Charistos,Robert Chlebo,Cecilia Costa,Marica Maja Dražić,Janja Filipi,Aleš Gregorc,Evgeniya Ivanova,Nikola Kezić,Jan Kopernicky,Per Kryger,Marco Lodesani,Vesna Lokar,Mica Mladenovic,Beata Panasiuk,Plamen Petrov,Slađan Rašić,Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl,Flemming Vejsnæs,Jerzy Wilde +20 more
TL;DR: The data presented support the argument for the term “quality characters” and can be used to fill in the existing gaps in the breeding or queen evaluation systems of each country in order to facilitate standardization of methodology for comparable results.
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