National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The investigations were aimed to select Apis mellifera L. colonies for queen rearing on the basis of their biological and economical characteristics. Significant variations have been found in various colony parameters viz. colony strength (4.54 to 10.43 no. of bee frames), brood area (1579.49 to 5086.25 cm2), prolificness (271.52 to 874.35 no. of eggs laid / per day), pollen stores (79.75 to 401.84 cm2) and honey stores (550.00 to 2162.50 g). The overall performance of the colonies was measured by average ranking value obtained by colonies for different colony parameters. They were rated on 1-5 point scale basis. The average score ranged from 1 to 4.8. On the basis of top score, top 12 colonies (M-1, M-2, M-6, M-7, M-8, M-13, M-14, M-15, M-19, M-20, M-22, M-25) were selected for quality queen production with average score between 3 to 4.8.
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