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CHANGES IN THE HOARDING BEHAVIOR OF TWO HONEY BEE SUBSPCIES IN RELATION TO THE COLLECTION OF BEE VENOM DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Plant Production

Abstract

The present study addresses the potential effects of the collection of bee venom from two different subspecies (Carniolan and Italian honeybees) during different seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter) on the hoarding behavior of honeybees which represented by rate of sugar feed intake consumed by the colonies. The honeybees' colonies were fed with water and honey syrup (50%) in plastic feeders; 1litter of honey syrup was added to the feeders before and after bee venom collection by 1hr for recording the amount of syrup taken from the feeder. The metabolic sugar consumption of the group was estimated by subtracting the amount consumed from the total honey syrup taken from the feeder. Results showed that, the Italian hybrid showed significant sugar feed intake after bee venom collection than the Carniolan hybrid during winter season followed by the autumn while summer showed the lowest intake rate. The high hording behavior rate in winter may be due to the severe weakness of the colonies and their severe need for the sugary food in such period due to the lack of flowering crops at this time of the year.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2022.110028.1075

Keywords

Strain of honey bees, Bee Venom collection, Bee behavior, Hoarding behavior

Authors

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Badawy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

esraa.badawy@ymail.com

City

El-Arish

Orcid

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First Name

Hatem

Last Name

Mahfouz

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

hatemmahfouz@yahoo.com

City

ARISH City

Orcid

0000-0001-6858-2316

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

ElBassiony

MiddleName

N.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

nagibbee@yahoo.com

City

North Sinai

Orcid

-

First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

Metwaly

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Apiculture Res., Inst. Res. Plant Protec., Centre Agric. Res., Cairo, Egypt.

Email

hamdy_metwally2000@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

11

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

31177

Issue Date

2022-02-01

Receive Date

2021-12-07

Publish Date

2022-02-01

Page Start

49

Page End

62

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_211928.html

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=211928

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Publication Title

Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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CHANGES IN THE HOARDING BEHAVIOR OF TWO HONEY BEE SUBSPCIES IN RELATION TO THE COLLECTION OF BEE VENOM DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS

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22 Jan 2023