Abstract
Determining of The Performances in Different Ages of Artificial Swarms in Honey Bee
In this study, colony population development, brood rearing activity, honey yield, survive ratio and wintering abilities of artificial swarm colonies taken in different years were investigated. It was found that there were significant differences between years in performance of swarms. Swarms couldn’t produce enough adult workers, brood rearing activity and honey yield in the first age. Honey yield of the swarm in
1997 were 1.50±0.35, 35.92±3.27 and 13.57±3.02 kg/colony in the first, second and third ages (1997, 1998 and 1999), as the same honey yield of swarm taken in 1998 were 00.00±00.00 and 14.85±1.14 kg/colonies in the first and second age respectively. There were significant diferences between the swarms’ wintering abilities. The highest wintering ability observed in 1997-1998 season. There weren’t differences between the third and the second ages of swarms in 1998-1999 wintering season.
Keywords
Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Artificial Swarm Performances
