Aggression of European Dark Bee and Possibility of its Decrease by Selection

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10.2991/agrosmart-18.2018.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

european dark bees, aggression, genotypic determination, selection, honey producing capacity, individual selection

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the study of the adaptive behavioral trait of workers of European dark bees' subspecies. The significance of the study is due to the need to decrease the level of aggression of European dark bees and increase its adaptability. The materials of the paper are aimed at revealing the features of the demonstration of aggression of bees during the active period, the degree of its genotypic determination and the possibility of selection for a decrease. The individual selection of bee colonies was used with evaluation of queens for the quality of offspring, which made it possible to reduce the level of aggression of workers by an average of 32.8% over four generations of selection. The materials of the paper showed a positive correlation between the aggression of workers of European dark bees and their honey-producing capacity. The results of the study serve a useful purpose for beekeeping in the central and northern regions, where European dark bee colonies are located.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nikolay N. Grankin
AU  - Ekaterina A. Fomina
AU  - Svetlana N. Bakina
AU  - Angela P. Tyapkina
AU  - Tatyana V. Fedyaeva
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Aggression of European Dark Bee and Possibility of its Decrease by Selection
BT  - International scientific and practical conference "AgroSMART - Smart solutions for agriculture" (AgroSMART 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 249
EP  - 252
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/agrosmart-18.2018.48
DO  - 10.2991/agrosmart-18.2018.48
ID  - Grankin2018/12
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