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| Provedor de dados: |
Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Differential performance of honey bee colonies selected for bee-pollen production through instrumental insemination and free-mating technique
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| Autores: |
Mattos,I.M. de
Souza,J.
Soares,A.E.E.
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| Data: |
2016-10-01
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| Ano: |
2016
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| Palavras-chave: |
Apis mellifera
Bee-pollen
Instrumental insemination
Pollen production
Africanized honey bees
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| Resumo: |
ABSTRACT The use of bee-pollen as a nutritional supplement or as a production-enhancing agent in livestock has increased the demand for this product worldwide. Despite the current importance of this niche within the apiculture industry, few studies have addressed the pollen production. We tested the performance of free-mated (FM) and instrumentally inseminated queens (IQ) in order to establish the effect of different breeding systems on pollen production. The F1 generation of IQ queens produced 153.95±42.83g/day, showing a significant improvement on the pollen production (2.74 times) when compared to the parental generation (51.83±7.84g/day). The F1 generation of free-mated queens produced 100.07±8.23 g/day, which increased by 1.78 times when compared to the parental generation. Furthermore, we observed a statistically significant difference between the pollen production between colonies from the IQ and FM treatments. This study suggests that inseminated queens should be considered by beekeepers that aim to increase pollen production.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352016000501369
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| Editor: |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária
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| Relação: |
10.1590/1678-4162-8875
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia v.68 n.5 2016
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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