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Arthropods, 2013, 2(2): 80-88
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Morphometric study of newly emerged unmated queens of honey bee Apis mellifera L. in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt

S.M. Kamel, M.A.M. Osman, M.F. Mahmoud, K.M. Mohamed, S.M. Abd Allah
Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, 41522, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Received 17 February 2013;Accepted 20 March 2013;Published online 1 June 2013
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Abstract
Recently, morphometric analysis is being a very good tool for identification of honey bee races and characterization of genetic materials. This fact has motivated the present work to investigate the effects of two grafting methods, three types of artificial queen wax cups and four periods of queen rearing on some morphological characters of newly emerged queens. The developed technique used in the present study depends on the integration between Scanner unit and Photoshop program, called Scan Photo Method (SPM). The measurements of 23 morphological characteristics of reared queens were estimated by using SPM. Results indicated significant differences between periods in the measurements of the studied characteristics on forewing such as cubital index, distance C, distance D, radial field, inner wing length, inner wing width, dumb bell index, distance I, II, III and IV, except cubital A and cubital B. Regarding the effects of cup types and grafting methods, data also revealed significant differences in all measurements of studied characteristics, except tibial length, hind wing length, cubital B, radial field and distance IV. Further works in this area were recommended to find out a relation between some morphometric characters and important of some quantitative characters.

Keywords Apis mellifera;morphological characters;queen rearing;morphometric analysis.

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