- Full professor and head of the Apiculture Department, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn also Director of SME... moreFull professor and head of the Apiculture Department, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn also Director of SME: Apiculture Centre Honey Bee Queen Breeding Wilde, Poland. Honeybee Queen Breeding Centre is running since 20 years focused on queen rearing (ca 25 000 queens each year) and instrumental insemination of queens. Special interest and skills: honeybee breeding, queen rearing, disease resistance. Interest and skills shared with bee biology.edit
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Summary The aim of the study was to check the effect of the honey bee subspecies on Varroa destructor population growth and on brood infestation by the parasite. The studies were carried out in 2009-2010. The following five subspecies of... more
Summary The aim of the study was to check the effect of the honey bee subspecies on Varroa destructor population growth and on brood infestation by the parasite. The studies were carried out in 2009-2010. The following five subspecies of bees were tested: Carniolan bees represented by two lines, Kortowka and Dobra; Caucasian bees of the Woźnica line; Central European bees of the Augustowska line; crossbreeds achieved by the absorptive crossing of A. m. capensis with A. m. carnica drones selected for a short post capping period (PCP), bred at the Apiculture Division in Olsztyn. The coefficient of V. destructor population growth was similar in all groups, ranging from 1.3 to 1.5. The level of infestation of broods by Varroa destructor in all groups was also similar (17.2 to 19.6%) and no statistically significant differences were noted. We conclude that the honey bee subspecies has no effect on parasite population growth.
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ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted from 2005 to 2007 at the apiary of Apiculture Department, WM University in Olsztyn. Colonies of Apis melliffera carnica were divided into 3 groups. Group I - traditional management, without any... more
ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted from 2005 to 2007 at the apiary of Apiculture Department, WM University in Olsztyn. Colonies of Apis melliffera carnica were divided into 3 groups. Group I - traditional management, without any additional feeding. Group II - colonies were fed regularly and only brood combs were removed. Group III - colonies were fed regularly. The combs of brood covered with bees were removed every 14 days. The highest area of brood was produced every year by Group III, (258.1 dm(2), 161.6 dm(2) and 145.0 dm(2)) with an average of 188.2 dm(2). In the two experimental groups II and III, the amount of brood was significantly lower in the 2(nd) and 3(rd) year of the investigations. The highest bee production (2.0 kg) was observed in Group III. We found that the production of brood, and bees significantly reduced honey production, However, additional production of brood and bees enlarge the total production of honey bee colonies.
