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| Garcia,Regina Conceição; Oliveira,Newton Tavares Escocard de; Camargo,Simone Cristina; Pires,Bruno Garcia; Oliveira,Carlos Antonio Lopes de; Teixeira,Rodrigo de Almeida; Pickler,Maricéia Ana. |
| Phenotypic characters of honeybees, relevant to beekeepers, can be evaluated by studying correlations between them, and the correlated characteristics can be evaluated in the short term to assist in monitoring of annual genetic progress. This work therefore aims to evaluate the production of honey and propolis, the hygiene and defensive behaviours of two generations of Africanized Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae), to estimate the correlations between them and their heritability. We used 30 Langstroth beehives in apiaries in Marechal Cândido Rondon, Paraná State, Brazil. We used a method of drilling pupae to evaluate hygiene behaviour and the velveteen ball method to test defensive behaviour. We selected ten colonies which had the best honey and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apis mellifera; Animal production; Ethology; Selection. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162013000200003 |
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