Morphometric analysis on different species of honeybees in NEH region of India
Keywords:
Morphometric, Honey bees, Apis, Manipur regionAbstract
Morphometric studies were carried out on different species of honeybees in North-East hill region of India and it was found that the longest mean tongue length was found in A. dorsata with a mean length of 4.19±0.07 mm followed by A. mellifera (3.87±0.12 mm) and shortest tongue length was found in A. florea with a mean length of 2.14±0.05mm. The length and breadth of forewing was longest in A. dorsata with a mean length of (12.5±0.00 mm) and (4.32 ±0.12 mm), respectively followed by A. mellifera (8.89±0.14 mm) and (3.15 ±0.06 mm) and the shortest length and breadth of forewing was found in A. florea with a mean length of (6.94±0.28 mm) and (2.40±0.06mm), respectively. The longest cubital index was found in A. dorsata with a mean length of (2.88±0.08 mm) followed by A. mellifera (2.80 ±0.05mm) and the shortest cubital index were found in A. florea (2.87±0.09mm). The number of wing hooks was highest in A. dorsata with a mean number of (27±0.06) followed by A. mellifera (20±1.25) and the minimum number of wing hooks was found in A. florea (11±1.06). The width of 3rd and 4th tergite was found maximum in A. dorsata with a (2.72±0.10mm) and (2.79±0.06mm) and minimum width was found in A. florea with mean width of (1.49±0.10mm) and (1.40±0.06mm), respectively. Morphomatrics of all eighteen morphological characters of different honey bee species was in the order: Apis dorsata (Manipur)˃Apis mellifera (Assam)˃ Apis cerana himalaya (Assam)˃ Apis cerana himalaya (Manipur)˃ Apis florae (Manipur).
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Arias MC, Rinderer TE & Sheppard WS. 2006. Further characterization of honey bees from the Iberian Peninsula by allozyme, morphometric and mtDNA haplotype analyses. Journal of Apiculture Research, 45: 188-196.
Aytekin AM, Terzo M, Rasmont P & Cagatay N. 2007. Landmark based geometric morphometric analysis of wing shape in Sibiricobombus Vogt (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus Latreille). Ann Soc. Entomol. Fr., 43(1): 95-102
Barour C, Tahar A, Radloff SE & Hepburn HR. 2005. Multivariate analysis of honeybees, Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the north-eastern and southern regions of Algeria. African Entomology, 13(1): 17–23.
Beata Madras-Majewska & Lucja Skonieczna. 2021. Diversification of morphological features of the dark european honey bee of the ‘Augustow M’ line. Animals, 11: 1156.
Bidisha R & Basavarajappa S. 2018. Forewings and hind wings morphometry of Apis dorsata workers honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) geographically distinct areas of Southern Karnataka, India. International Journal of Current Advanced Research, 74 (K), 12025-12029.
Bienefeld K, Tahmasebi GH, Keller R, Kauhausen-Keller D & Ruttner F. 1996. Report on present situation of Apis mellifera meda in Iran. Apidologie, 27: 307- 308.
Bouzeraa H, Achou M, Sellami H & Slotani N. 2016. Study of the morphometric diversity of the population of honeybees (Apis Mellifera) in the North-East Algeria. European Journal of Experimental Biology, 6 (6): 6-12.
Crewe RM, Hepburn HR & Moritz RFA. 1994. Morphometric analysis of 2 southern African races of honey bee. Apidologie, 25: 61-70.
Diniz-Filho JAF & Malaspina O. 1995. Evolution and population structure of Africanized honey bees in Brazil: Evidence from Spital analysis of morphometric data. Evolution, 49: 1172-1179.
Edriss MA, Mostajeran M & Ebadi R. 2002. Correlation between honey yield and morphological traits of honey bee in Isfahan. J. Sci. Technol. Agri. Nat. Res., 6: 91-103.
Ftayeh A, Meixner M & Fuchs S. 1994. Morphometrical investigation in Syrian honey bees. Apidologie, 25: 396-401.
Gencer HV & Firati C. 2005. Reproductive and morphological comparisons of drones reared in queen right and laying worker colonies. Journal of Apiculture Research, 44 (4): 163-167.
Makhmoor HD & Hafeez Ahmad. 1998. Biometric studies on four species of honey bees in Jammu Region, India. Indian Bee Journal, 60 (3): 141-142:
Mannivannan A, Madhumita B, Maheshwari M & David MM. 2016. Morphometric studies on Indian honeybee, Apis cerana and little bee, Apis florea in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Applied and Pure Science and Agriculture, 2 (1): 8-11.
Marghitas AL, Paniti-Teleky O, Dezmirean D, Margaoan R, Bojan C, Coroian C, Laslo L & Moise A. 2008. Morphometric differences between honey bees (Apis mellifera carpatica) populations from Transylvanian area. Zootehnie Si Biotehnologii, 41: 309-315.
Mattu VK & Verma LR. 1984. Morphometric studies on the Indian Honeybee, Apis cerana indica Effect of seasonal variations. Apidologie, Springler Verlag, 15(1): 63-74.
McMullan JB & Brown MJF. 2006. Influence of small- cell brood combs on the morphometry of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Apidologie, 37: 665-672.
Meixner DM, Miroslaw W, Jerzy W, Fuchs S & Nikolaus K. 2007. Apis mellifera range in eastern Europe – morphometric variation and determination of its limits. Apidologie, 38: 1-7.
Miladenovic M, Rados R, Stanisavljevic LZ & Rasic S. 2011. Morphometric traits of the yellow honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica) from Vojvodina (Northern Serbia). Arch. Biol. Sci., 63: 251-257.
Morimoto H. 1968. The use of labial palps as a measure of proboscis length in worker honeybees, Apis mellifera ligustica S. and Apis cerana cerana F. Journal of Apiculture Research, 7: 147-150.
Mostajeran MA, Edriss MA & Basiri MR. 2006. Body morphological characteristics of honey bees 49 colony and morphological characteristics in honey bees (Apis mellifera meda). Pakistan Journal of Biology Science, 9: 2685- 2688.
Niem NV & Trung LQ. 1999. Morphological comparison of three asian native honey bees (Apis cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea) in Northern Vietnam and Thailand. BIOTROPIA-The South East Asian Journal of Tropical Biology, 14.
Oleivera-JR WP, Brandeburgo MAM & Marcolino MT. 2000. Morphometrics and adaptative aspects in Africanized honeybees (A. mellifera). Review of Brasil Biology, 60 (2): 307-314.
Padilla F, Puerta F, Flores JM & Bustos M. 1992. Morphometric study of Andalusian bees. Arch. de Zootec., 41: 363- 370.
Radlof SE, Hepburn R & Bagay LJ. 2003. Quantitative analysis of intracolonial and intercolonial morphometric variance in honeybees, Apis mellifera and Apis cerana. Apidologie, 34: 339-351.
Rinderer TE, Buco SM, Rubink WL, Daly HV, Stelszer JA, Rigio RM & Baptista C. 1993. Morphometric identification of Africanized and European honey bees using large reference populations. Apidologe, 24: 569-585.
Ruttner F. 1988. Biogeography and taxonomy of honeybees. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Ruttner F. 1988. Biogeography and taxonomy of honeybees; Springer: Berlin, Germany, pp. 3–278.
Souza DC, Cruz CD, Campos L & Regazzi AJ. 2002. Correlation between honey production and some morphological traits in Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera). Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, 32: 869-871.
Szabo TI & Lekovitch LP. 1988. Fourth generation of closed population honeybee breeding. 2. Relationship between morphological and colony traits. Apidologie, 19: 259-274.
Szymula J, Skowronek W & Bienkowska M. 2010. Use of various morphological traits measured by microscope or by computer methods in the honeybee taxonomy. Journal of Apiculture Science, 54: 91-97.
Toilski A. 2004. Automatic determination of honey bee cubital index. First European conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September, 40-41.
Usman H. Dukku. 2016. Evaluation of morphometric characters of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations in Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1680v1.
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2021-12-30
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Haldhar, S., Singh, K., Gupta, M., & Devi, A. (2021). Morphometric analysis on different species of honeybees in NEH region of India. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 12(12), 62–73. Retrieved from https://journals.saaer.org.in/index.php/jae/article/view/404
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