Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)

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Autor(a) principal: Souza,Darcet Costa
Data de Publicação: 2002
Outros Autores: Cruz,Cosme Damião, Campos,Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira, Regazzi,Adair José
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Ciência Rural
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782002000500020
Resumo: This study focused on the correlation between honey production length and width of the tibia of the third pair of legs, corbicular area, pupal weight, and glossal length, in Africanized honey bees in Viçosa/MG, Brazil. Correlation values were relatively low, though always positive. The traits glossal length and pupal weight presented the lowest correlation to honey production: 0.225 and 0.410, respectively. The highest correlations were observed between length of the tibia and corbicular area and honey production: 0.587 and 0.549, respectively. In all cases, except pupal weight, correlation was significant. These findings support the notion that worker bees with larger corbicular areas may have a better ability to carry larger quantities of pollen to their hives, so that it is possible to improve honey production through indirect selection of this trait.
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spelling Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)Apis melliferaHoney productionBee selectionThis study focused on the correlation between honey production length and width of the tibia of the third pair of legs, corbicular area, pupal weight, and glossal length, in Africanized honey bees in Viçosa/MG, Brazil. Correlation values were relatively low, though always positive. The traits glossal length and pupal weight presented the lowest correlation to honey production: 0.225 and 0.410, respectively. The highest correlations were observed between length of the tibia and corbicular area and honey production: 0.587 and 0.549, respectively. In all cases, except pupal weight, correlation was significant. These findings support the notion that worker bees with larger corbicular areas may have a better ability to carry larger quantities of pollen to their hives, so that it is possible to improve honey production through indirect selection of this trait.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2002-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782002000500020Ciência Rural v.32 n.5 2002reponame:Ciência Ruralinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM10.1590/S0103-84782002000500020info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSouza,Darcet CostaCruz,Cosme DamiãoCampos,Lúcio Antônio de OliveiraRegazzi,Adair Joséeng2003-11-03T00:00:00ZRevista
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
title Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
spellingShingle Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
Souza,Darcet Costa
Apis mellifera
Honey production
Bee selection
title_short Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
title_full Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
title_fullStr Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
title_full_unstemmed Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
title_sort Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in africanized honey bees (Apis melifera)
author Souza,Darcet Costa
author_facet Souza,Darcet Costa
Cruz,Cosme Damião
Campos,Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira
Regazzi,Adair José
author_role author
author2 Cruz,Cosme Damião
Campos,Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira
Regazzi,Adair José
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Souza,Darcet Costa
Cruz,Cosme Damião
Campos,Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira
Regazzi,Adair José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Apis mellifera
Honey production
Bee selection
topic Apis mellifera
Honey production
Bee selection
description This study focused on the correlation between honey production length and width of the tibia of the third pair of legs, corbicular area, pupal weight, and glossal length, in Africanized honey bees in Viçosa/MG, Brazil. Correlation values were relatively low, though always positive. The traits glossal length and pupal weight presented the lowest correlation to honey production: 0.225 and 0.410, respectively. The highest correlations were observed between length of the tibia and corbicular area and honey production: 0.587 and 0.549, respectively. In all cases, except pupal weight, correlation was significant. These findings support the notion that worker bees with larger corbicular areas may have a better ability to carry larger quantities of pollen to their hives, so that it is possible to improve honey production through indirect selection of this trait.
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