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<p>Healthy honey bee drones are the prerequisite for superior queen bee production as they are the significant transporters of genetic data to the next generation. Research attention mostly addressed heath and vigour of queen bees for the success of the breeding programme in honey bees, while, the influence of drones on colony health, their traits, and excellence have been chiefly neglected. Here we age-wise assessed the <i>Apis mellifera</i> drones of 10, 15 and 20-days for their morphometric and quality characters under three colony conditions (healthy, mite infested, and formic acid treated) which revealed maximum body weight (205.35 ± 1.11&#xa0;mg), eversion (77.77 ± 3.94%), semen volume ((1.01 ± 0.05&#xa0;µl), sperm count (1.88 ± 0.08 × 10<sup>6</sup>), hind leg length (12.97 ± 0.03&#xa0;mm), forewing length (12.12 ± 0.03&#xa0;mm), forewing width (3.74 ± 0.01&#xa0;mm), hindwing length (7.83 ± 0.03&#xa0;mm) and hindwing width (3.23 ± 0.01&#xa0;mm). The data obtained from drones produced in healthy colonies tend to be comparable to drones of formic acid treated colonies whereas, mite-infested colonies performed poorly. Our findings provide valuable insight that mature drones aged 15 to 20&#xa0;days have higher eversion per cent, semen volume and sperm count and thus, are physiologically best suited for attaining excellent breeding outcomes. Formic acid treatment for mite control proved as vital and safe method for producing high- quality disease free drones in honey bee colonies.</p>

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Repercussion of colony conditions on attributes of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) drones

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    2025年6月25日

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  • Ojas Chauhan,
  • Priyanka Thakur,
  • Harish Kumar Sharma,
  • Kiran Rana,
  • Neha Negi,
  • Simran Bhatia,
  • Rakesh Kumar,
  • Deeksha Sharma

摘要

Healthy honey bee drones are the prerequisite for superior queen bee production as they are the significant transporters of genetic data to the next generation. Research attention mostly addressed heath and vigour of queen bees for the success of the breeding programme in honey bees, while, the influence of drones on colony health, their traits, and excellence have been chiefly neglected. Here we age-wise assessed the Apis mellifera drones of 10, 15 and 20-days for their morphometric and quality characters under three colony conditions (healthy, mite infested, and formic acid treated) which revealed maximum body weight (205.35 ± 1.11 mg), eversion (77.77 ± 3.94%), semen volume ((1.01 ± 0.05 µl), sperm count (1.88 ± 0.08 × 106), hind leg length (12.97 ± 0.03 mm), forewing length (12.12 ± 0.03 mm), forewing width (3.74 ± 0.01 mm), hindwing length (7.83 ± 0.03 mm) and hindwing width (3.23 ± 0.01 mm). The data obtained from drones produced in healthy colonies tend to be comparable to drones of formic acid treated colonies whereas, mite-infested colonies performed poorly. Our findings provide valuable insight that mature drones aged 15 to 20 days have higher eversion per cent, semen volume and sperm count and thus, are physiologically best suited for attaining excellent breeding outcomes. Formic acid treatment for mite control proved as vital and safe method for producing high- quality disease free drones in honey bee colonies.