264300

The impact of pollen trapping on royal jelly production in honeybee Apis mellifera L., colonies

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Environmental impacts of agriculture and forestry

Abstract

Royal jelly (RJ) is a yellowish-white acidic glandular secretion produced by worker honeybees. RJ is fed to the worker and drone bees in the first three days of their larval stage, but for five days in queen larvae and after development as adults. Globally, RJ is mightily demanded and utilized commercially in supplementary medicines and cosmetics. The present work was conducted to study the impact of pollen trapping of queen less-honeybee, Apies mellifera, and colonies on the acceptance rate of grafted queen cups, RJ production, i.e., amount per cup, and total colony production. Obtained results showed that non-trapped colonies averaged a 54.186% acceptance rate of cell cups /colony, 0.124 mg RJ/ cup, and 3.012 g RJ/ colony, while those deprived of pollens were severely affected, averaged 23.799%, 0.099mg, and 1.073g for the same parameters, respectively. Significant differences between values of trapped and non-trapped colonies were found.

DOI

10.21608/svuijas.2022.150718.1223

Keywords

Honeybee pollen traps, grafting, royal jelly, production

Authors

First Name

K.M.

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Mohanny

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Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt

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karem.svu@gmail.com

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First Name

Aslam I.

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Ragab

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Medical surgical nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt

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esalmregep@yahoo.com

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First Name

Shahira A.

Last Name

Gad

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Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt

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shahiragad94@gmail.com

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Volume

4

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3

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35306

Issue Date

2022-07-01

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2022-07-17

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2022-09-30

Page Start

143

Page End

150

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2636-3801

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2636-381X

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1,132

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SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/

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The impact of pollen trapping on royal jelly production in honeybee Apis mellifera L., colonies

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22 Jan 2023