Volume: 2, 2023
2nd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland:
ENVIRONMENT – PLANT – ANIMAL – PRODUCT
Abstract number: E038
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL2.E038
Published online: 19 April 2023
ICDSUPL, 2, E038 (2023)
Features of hygiene of bees on the background of other biological signs
Tetiana Senchuk1,2*
1 Institute of Agroecology and Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences, Metrologichna Street 12, 03143, Kyiv, Ukraine
2 NSC “Institute of beekeeping named after P. I. Prokopovych”, Zabolotny 19, 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine
* Corresponding author: senchuktanya.bee@gmail.com
Abstract
Breeding plays an important role in increasing the productivity of bee colonies and the efficiency of bee pollination. By directing it, you can change any important feature of the bee family. In order to provide domestic apiaries with healthy and highly productive families, it is necessary to focus efforts on obtaining bees with increased sanitary and hygienic characteristics by selection. The purpose of the work was investigate the features of the remediation ability of bees against the background of other biological features – an important ethological mechanism for ensuring their resistance to disease. The research was conducted in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine on bee families of Ukrainian steppe breed and local local population. The hygienic ability of bees was assessed by a test in triplicate. The strength of the families, the number of brood grown, the average daily egg production of the uterus and the productivity of bees were determined by the method of research in beekeeping.Bees selected for improved hygienic behavior removed 22% more damaged brood. Their average productivity per family exceeded the average apic indicators: for honey by 25.5%, for wax – by 34%. There was a decrease in the level of infestation of selective bees by 11-20%. Its main tasks are to preserve the gene pool of valuable native aboriginal breeds, improve the breeding qualities of bee colonies in accordance with specific climatic conditions and taking into account the fodder base, breeding new breed groups, zonal and plant types. Selected bee colonies have good biological potential for hygienic behavior and economic characteristics and can be successfully used to hatch queens, rotate them in the breeding part of the apiary and to create a drone barrier around the breeding apiary. The results of the research can be used to develop effective measures for the conservation, reproduction and rational use of aboriginal bees of the Ukrainian steppe breed.
How to cite
T. Senchuk, 2023. Features of hygiene of bees on the background of other biological signs. In: 2nd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL2.E038