Caucasian bee
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Caucasian bee ( Apis mellifera caucasica ) |
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The Caucasian honey bee ( Apis mellifera caucasica , also Apis mellifera caucasia according to Pollmann, 1889) is a subspecies of the western honeybees originally native to the Central Caucasus .
distribution
In addition to the Central Caucasus ( Georgia , Armenia and Azerbaijan ), the Caucasian honey bee is also naturally widespread in northeastern Turkey . It has also been used by beekeepers in the USA , Eastern Europe and Russia for a long time .
properties
The Caucasian bee is medium in size and has a long trunk. The appearance is not uniform, but rather dark to black. The chest hair on the drones in particular is strikingly black.
In terms of its properties, it is considered to be gentle, calm and slow to swarm. She is prone to Nosema apis . Together with the Anatolian race, they tend to use putty resin heavily .
Classification
According to Ruttner's morphological classification , the subspecies belongs to the group of Middle Eastern bee races. However, recent genetic studies contradict this. These have shown that the Caucasian bee is more closely related to the Southeast European bees around the Carinthian bee Apis mellifera carnica . Apis mellifera pomonella (Sheppaard & Meixner, 2003) is very similar to it, but genetic studies show its independent status.
See also
Web links
- Apis mellifera caucasica . In: Atlas Hymenoptera , accessed January 6, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ M. Bagher Farshineh Adl, H. Vasfi Gençer, Çetin Firatli, Rasoul Bahreini: Morphometric characterization of Iranian (Apis mellifera meda), Central Anatolian (Apis mellifera anatoliaca) and Caucasian (Apis mellifera caucasica) honey bee populations. Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World (2007) 46 (4): 225-23.
- ↑ Rudolf Moosbeckhofer, Josef Ulz: The successful beekeeper. Stocker, 2002, p. 134
- ↑ Cagri Bodur, Meral Kence, Aykut Kence: Genetic structure of honeybee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) populations of Turkey inferred from microsatellite analysis. Journal of Apicultural Research (2007) Vol. 46 (1): 50 - 56. doi : 10.3896 / IBRA.1.46.1.09
- ↑ Fulya Özdil, Ibrahim Aytekin, Fatma Ilhan, Saim Boztepe: Genetic variation in Turkish honeybees Apis mellifera anatoliaca, A. m. caucasica, A. m. meda (Hymenoptera: Apidae) inferred from RFLP analysis of three mtDNA regions (16S rDNA-COI-ND5). European Journal of Entomology (2012) 109 (2): 161-167 doi : 10.14411 / eje.2012.021 (open access)
- ^ Walter S. Sheppard, Marina D. Meixner: Apis mellifera pomonella, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia. Apidologie, (2003) Volume 34, Number 4, July-August 2003.