The wing coupling apparatus and the morphometric analysis of honeybee populations

Hepburn, H Randall; Radloff, Sarah E

Title: The wing coupling apparatus and the morphometric analysis of honeybee populations
Creator: Hepburn, H Randall
Creator: Radloff, Sarah E
Date Issued: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: text
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6904
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011760
Description: Significant differences between countries were found in the distribution of the number of hamuli within Apis andreniformis, A. florea, A. cerana and A. koschevnikovi. The mean hamuli numbers for Apis mellifera intermissa differed significantly among localities in Algeria. Significant differences in intercolonial variability between countries were found within A. cerana. There was no significant infraspecific variability within A. andreniformis, A. florea, A. koschevnikovi and A. m. intermissa. Significant differences in the mean number of hamuli occur between A. m. intermissa and A. andreniformis, A. florea and A. cerana; also between A. cerana/A. koschevnikovi and A. andreniformis and A. florea. Significant differences were found in the distribution and variability of the number of hamuli between species (populations). The mean numbers of hamuli for A. andreniformis differed from those of A. florea. Both these population means differed from those of A. cerana, A. koschevnikovi and A. m. intermissa. No significant differences were found between A. cerana and A. koschevnikovi. When the analysis included data for A. dorsata, A. nigrocincta, A. m. carnica, A. m. caucasica and A. m. ligustica, the results showed significant differences in hamuli numbers between A. andreniformis/A. florea and A. cerana/A. koschevnikovi/A. nigrocincta and A. m. intermissa/A. m. carnica/A. m. caucasica/A. m. ligustica. Hamuli numbers in A. dorsata significantly differed from those of other populations except A. m. intermissa. These results show that hamuli numbers are useful in the classification of honeybee populations. Whether hamuli would be useful in multivariate analysis depends on the correlation between the number of hamuli and the other characters used.
Format: 6 pages
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Language: English
Relation: Hepburn, H.R. and Radloff, S.E. (2004) The wing coupling apparatus and the morphometric analysis of honeybee populations. South African Journal of Science, 100 (11 & 12). pp. 565-570.

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Hepburn, H Randall (Prof Emeritus)

Radloff, Sarah (Prof)

RU Department of Statistics

RU Department of Zoology and Entomology

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