Naslov
Comparison of the re-queening acceptance level in relation to the worker bee accompaniment of the queen cages

Autori
Šekulja, Damir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
60. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Institute für Bienenforschung e.V. / Härtel, Stephan - Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie und Tropenbiologie, 2013, 73-73

Skup
60. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Institute für Bienenforschung e.V.

Mjesto i datum
Würzburg, Njemačka, 19.03.2013. - 21.03.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
re-queening acceptance, worker bees, queen cages

Sažetak
Beekeepers are often confused about the choice of the best way of re-queening their colonies. In practical terms, most of them are re- queening colonies immediately after the old queen is taken away from the host colony, by adding a new queen (in a transport cage), usually together with old bees which accompany it. Common doubt is whether it would be better to introduce a new queen alone, i.e. without old bees, as it is presumed that old bees might be the reason for the rejection of the new queen. In order to check if the origin or the presence of accompanying bees would make any difference in the acceptance of the new queens, within the frame of this work, three groups of queens were formed and used for the re-queening of over 200 A.m.carnica colonies in 2012 in Rijeka, Croatia. First group was used for re-queening in a way that old bees were left in transport cages, and only the consumed food was filled prior the introduction into a host colony. The second group was formed by transferring the new queen into a new transport cage, filled with the bees from the host colony (the colony in which the queen was introduced), while the third group was left with queens with no bees at all (old bees were left out of the cage). The quality and the quantity of the food in all transport cages was the same, and so was the type of cage. Re-queening success in the first group was 86.21%, in the third group was 86.67% and only in the second group, when accompanying bees were from the colony in which the queen was introduced, it was significantly different i.e. 95.23%. According to obtained results, it was concluded that from a practical point of view, there is no need to remove the accompanying bees prior to re-queening, as the percentage of the acceptance of queens was not significantly different, but although it is more time consuming, in order to improve acceptance rate, it should be considered replacing accompanying bees with bees originating from the host colony.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne biotehničke znanosti

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