PHENETIC VARIATION IN HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera) POPULATION OF THE TORATAU GEOPARK, THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN

Year 2023, Volume: 23 Issue: 1, 115 - 127, 19.05.2023

Salavat Sagitov Rustem Ilyasov Vener Sattarov Yuliya Abdrakhimova Valery Danilenko Nailya Gazizova Amilya Sattarova Dmitry Boguslavsky

https://doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.1271880

Abstract

A phenetic analysis of the honey bee population of the Toratau Geopark (Russia) was performed. Over 1,000 worker and drone bee samples were collected from 250 colonies in 59 apiaries on the territory of the Toratau Geopark (Gafuriysky, Ishimbaysky, Meleuzovsky, and Sterlitamaksky districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan). Six phenes in worker bees and four phenes in drone bees were recognized. The phenes E, 1R, 2R, and 3R in workers and Is, I, and O-gray in drones were predominant in the honey bee population of the Toratau Geopark, which were associated with subspecies of the C-lineage. These phenes can be used as indicators of introgressive hybridization in the local dark European honey bee population. The phenes allow for quick evaluation of certain honey bee colonies hybridization states.

Keywords

Honey bee, phenes, Dark European bee, The Republic of Bashkortostan, Toratau Geopark

Supporting Institution

Grant foundation of the head of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Thanks

The article was prepared with supporting the grant of the head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov, grant title "Study of the Bashkir bee population on the territory of the Toratau Geopark".

Başkortostan Cumhuriyeti Toratau Jeoparki Bal Arısı (Apis mellifera) Popülasyonunda Tergit Rengi Değişimi

Abstract

Toratau Jeoparkı'ndaki (Rusya) bal arısı popülasyonunun fenetik analizi yapılmıştır. Toratau Jeoparkı topraklarındaki (Başkurdistan Cumhuriyeti'nin Gafuriysky, Ishimbaysky, Meleuzovsky ve Sterlitamaksky bölgeleri) 59 arılıktaki 250 koloniden 1.000'den fazla işçi ve erkek arı örneği toplanmıştır. İşçi arılarda altı fen ve erkek arılarda dört tergit rengi tespit edilmiştir. İşçilerde E, 1R, 2R ve 3R ve erkek arılarda Is, I ve O-gri fenleri Toratau Jeoparkı'ndaki bal arısı popülasyonunda baskındı ve bunlar C soyunun alt türleriyle ilişkiliydi. Bu tergit rengi, yerel koyu Avrupa bal arısı popülasyonunda içsel melezleşmenin göstergeleri olarak kullanılabilir. Bu tergit renkleri, belirli bal arısı kolonilerinin melezleşme durumlarının hızlı bir şekilde değerlendirilmesine olanak sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

Bal arısı, tergit renkleri, Kara Avrupa arısı, Başkurdistan Cumhuriyeti, Toratau Jeoparkı

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