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Flight Times Of Africanized And European Honey Bee Drones (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Richard L. Hellmich Ii, Thomas E. Rinderer, Robert G. Danka, Anita M. Collins, D. L. Boykin
Flight Times Of Africanized And European Honey Bee Drones (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Richard L. Hellmich Ii, Thomas E. Rinderer, Robert G. Danka, Anita M. Collins, D. L. Boykin
Richard L Hellmich
Flight activities of Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drones were compared with those of two color morphs of European drones in Venezuela. European drones departed from colonies 19 +/- (mean +/- SEM) min earlier, and flight times were more variable than those of Africanized drones. Mean flight time differences decreased as the drones aged and were similar whether drones were flying from Africanized or European colonies. Overlap of their flight distributions was > 70%, which suggests that interbreeding of the two types of bees will be substantial under most natural conditions. Black and yellow European drones flew at similar times …
Flight Characteristics Of Foraging Africanized And European Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Robert G. Danka, Richard L. Hellmich Ii, Anita M. Collins, Thomas E. Rinderer, Vernon L. Wright
Flight Characteristics Of Foraging Africanized And European Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Robert G. Danka, Richard L. Hellmich Ii, Anita M. Collins, Thomas E. Rinderer, Vernon L. Wright
Richard L Hellmich
Interfloral movement and visitation parameters were quantified for individual Africanized and European honey bees (Apis mellifera) foraging in a field of sesame in Venezuela. The 2 bee types showed nearly identical movement and visitation characteristics for most of the parameters measured. Africanized bees spent slightly less time per flower visit (mean ± SD; 10±4 s vs. 12±6 s) and tended to travel at a slightly faster rate (210±150 cm/min vs. 180±120 cm/min.) The frequencies of visits for various resources differed; Africanized bees collected only pollen on 51% of visits and only nectar on 22% of visits, whereas for European bees, …
Influencing Matings Of European Honey Bee Queens In Areas With Africanized Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Richard L. Hellmich Ii, Anita M. Collins, Robert G. Danka, Thomas E. Rinderer
Influencing Matings Of European Honey Bee Queens In Areas With Africanized Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Richard L. Hellmich Ii, Anita M. Collins, Robert G. Danka, Thomas E. Rinderer
Richard L Hellmich
Manipulation of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drone population near a mating apiary was investigated as a method for increasing the frequency of European drones that mate with European queens in an area of Africanized honey bees. Thirty percent of the matings were controlled with only four European drone source colonies, and 40% were controlled with seven colonies. If queen producers can tolerate low levels of mismating, they may not have to drastically alter their management practices.