1. PHENETIC VARIATION IN HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera) POPULATION OF THE TORATAU GEOPARK, THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN.
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SAGITOV, Salavat T., ILYASOV, Rustem A., SATTAROV, Vener N., ABDRAKHIMOVA, Yuliya R., DANILENKO, Valery N., GAZIZOVA, Nailya R., SATTAROVA, Amilya V., and BOGUSLAVSKY, Dmitry V.
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HONEYBEES , *BEE colonies , *BEES , *APIARIES , *SPECIES hybridization - 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 Clineage. 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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