The Effect of Substitute Feeding On Drone Larvae Production Performance in Honey Bee Colonies

Abstract

Objective: In recent years, there has been an increase in interest in functional honey bee products. Due of their high nutritional content, drone larvae (Apilarnil) is capable of a wide range of biological activities. In this study, we compared the individual and total weights of drone larvae obtained from colonies fed with different substitute foods.

Material and Methods: 12 out of 100 colonies comparable in queen age, brood status and colony size were used as material. The colonies were divided into three groups: control, sugar syrup and pollen substitute diet. Each group underwent three replications.

Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the weight averages of individual drone larvae taken from colonies (p>0.05). The difference in the average weight of total drone larvae collected between the groups was statistically significant (p<0.05). The average weight of total drone larvae produced by the colonies was 23.80 g in the control group, 34.70 g in the honey substitute group, and 44.42 g in the pollen substitute group.

Conclusion: In this research, the high average weight of total drone larvae produced in colonies that fed with pollen substitute feed showed that the use of appropriate substitute feeds in colony feeding management in beekeeping practices promotes drone brood production.

Keywords

• Apilarnil
• honey bee
• drone larvae
• substitute feed
• Nutrition

Bal Arısı Kolonilerinde Beslemenin Erkek Arı Larvası Üretim Performansı Üzerine Etkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Son yıllarda fonksiyonel arı ürünlerine olan ilgi artmıştır. Yüksek besin içeriği sayesinde erkek arı larvası (Apilarnil) çok çeşitli biyolojik aktivitelere sahiptir. Bu çalışmada, farklı ikame yemler ile beslenen kolonilerden elde edilen erkek arı larvalarının bireysel ve toplam ağırlık miktarları karşılaştırılmıştır.

Materyal ve Metot: Ana arı yaşı, kuluçka durumu ve koloni boyutu bakımından karşılaştırılabilir 100 koloniden 12'si materyal olarak kullanılmıştır. Tesadüfi olarak 3 gruba ayrılan koloniler, kontrol grubu, şeker şurubu ile beslenen grup ve polen ikame yemi ile beslenen grup olarak ayrılmıştır. Her grupta 3 tekerrür gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Bulgular: Gruplara göre kolonilerden elde edilen bireysel erkek arı larvaları ağırlık ortalamaları arasında istatistiki olarak fark bulunamamıştır (p>0.05). Elde edilen toplam erkek arı larvası ağırlık ortalamalarında gruplar arası fark istatistiki olarak önemli çıkmıştır (p<0.05). Kolonilerin ürettiği toplam erkek arı larvalarının ortalama ağırlığı kontrol grubunda 23.80 gr, bal ikame grubunda 34.70 gr ve polen ikame grubunda 44.42 gr olarak belirlenmiştir.

Sonuç: Bu araştırmada; polen ikame yemi ile beslenen kolonilerde üretilen toplam erkek arı larvalarının ortalama ağırlığının yüksek olması, arıcılık uygulamalarında koloni besleme yönetiminde uygun ikame yemlerin kullanımının erkek arı kuluçka üretimini teşvik ettiğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

• Apilarnil
• Bal arısı
• Erkek arı larvası
• İkame yem
• Besleme

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