Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Apicultural Research Volume 26, 1987 - Issue 1
Submit an article Journal homepage
6
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Genetic Variance of Physiological Characters in the Cape Honeybee

Elke HillesheimInstitut für Bienenkunde, J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt/M, Karl-von-Frisch-Weg 2, D6370Oberursel, German Federal Republic
&
Robin F. A. MoritzDepartment of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Brockport, NY14420, USA
Pages 30-36 | Received 24 Sep 1986, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

References

  • ALLEN, M. D. (1959) Respiration of worker honeybees of different temperatures. J. exp. Biol. 36: 92–101
  • BAR-COHEN, R.; ALPERN, G.; BAR-ANAN, R. (1978) Progeny testing and selecting Italian queens for brood area and honey production. Apidologie 9: 95–100
  • COLLINS, A. M.; RINDERER, T. E.; HARBO, J. R.; BROWN, M. A. (1984) Heritabilities and correlations in the honey bee. J. Hered. 75: 135–140
  • FALCONER, D. S. (1980) Introduction to quantitative genetics. London and New York: Longmans
  • GONÇALVES, L. S. (1972) Investigations of the morphological characteristics ‘number of hamuli’ in Apis mellifera. pp. 70–73 from Controlled mating and selection in the honey bee. eds. F. and H. Ruttner. Bucharest, Romania: Apimondia Publishing House
  • HEINRICH, B. (1980) Mechanisms of body temperature regulation in honeybees, Apis mellifera. II. Regulation of thoracic temperature at high temperatures. J. exp. Biol. 85: 73–87
  • KRIWZOW, N. I. (1976) Erblichkeit und Reproduzierbarkeit ökonomisch wertvoller Merkmale bei der zentralrussischen Biene, pp. 96–99 from Genetik, Selektion und Reproduktion bei der Honigbiene, eds. V. Harnaj and G. D. Bilash. Bucharest, Romania: Apimondia
  • MILNE, C. P., Jr. (1977) An improved measurement of hoarding behaviour in the honey bee. Am. Bee J. 117: 502–507
  • MILNE, C. P., Jr. (1980) Laboratory measurement of honey production in the honeybee. 1. A model for hoarding behaviour by caged workers. J. apic. Res. 19: 122–126
  • MILNE, C. P., Jr. (1985a) An estimate of the heritability of the corbicular area of the honeybee. J. apic. Res. 24: 137–139
  • MILNE, C. P., Jr. (1985b) The need for using laboratory tests in breeding honeybees for improved honey production. J. apic. Res. 24: 237–242
  • MILNE, C. P., JR.; FRIARS, G. W. (1984) An estimate of the heritability of honeybee pupal weight. J. Hered. 75: 509–510
  • MORITZ, R. F. A. (1982) Inzuchteffekte auf den Stoffwechsel von Drohnen (Apis mellifera camica). Z. Tierzücht. Züchtungsbiol. 99: 69–80
  • MORITZ, R. F. A. (1985) Heritability of the postcapping stage in Apis mellifera and its relation to varroatosis resistance. J. Hered. 76: 267–270
  • MORITZ, R. F. A.; HILLESHEIM, E. (1985) Inheritance of dominance in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis ESCHOLTZ). Behavl Ecol. Sociobiol. 17: 87–89
  • MORITZ, R. F. A.; KLEPSCH, A. (1985) Estimating heritabilities of worker characters: A new approach using laying workers of the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis ESCH). Apidologie 16: 47–56
  • MORITZ, R. F. A.; SOUTHWICK, E. E.; BREH, M. (1985) A metabolic test for the quantitative analysis of alarm behaviour of honeybees (Apis mellifera L). J. exp. Zool. 235: 1–5
  • MORITZ, R. F. A.; SOUTHWICK, E. E.; HARBO, J. R. (1986) Maternal and pre-eclosional effects on alarm behaviour in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Behav. Genet. In press
  • OLDROYD, B.; MORAN, C. (1983) Heritability of worker characters in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Aust. J. biol. Sci. 36: 323–332
  • PIRCHNER, F.; RUTTNER, F.; RUTTNER, H. (1962) Erbliche Unterschiede zwischen Ertragseigenschaften von Bienen. Proc. 21 int. Congr. Ent. Vienna 2: 510–516
  • RINDERER, T. E. (1977) Measuring the heritability of characters of honeybees. J. apic. Res. 16: 95–98
  • RINDERER, T. E.; COLLINS, A. M.; BROWN, M. A. (1983) Heritabilities and correlations of the honey bee: Response to Nosema Apis, longevity, and alarm response to isopentyl acetate. Apidologie 14: 79–85
  • RINDERER, T. E.; SYLVESTER, H. A.; COLLINS, A. M.; PESANTE, D. (1986) Identification of Africanized and European honey bees: The effects of nurse-bee genotype and comb size. Bull. ent. Soc. Am. In press
  • ROTHENBUHLER, W. C.; KULINČEVIĆ, J. M.; THOMPSON, V. C. (1979) Successful selection of honeybees for fast and slow hoarding of sugar syrup in the laboratory. J. apic. Res. 18: 272–278
  • RUTTNER, F.; HESSE, B. (1981) Rassenspezifische Unterschiede in Ovarienentwicklung und Eiablage von weisellosen Arbeiterinnen der Honigbiene Apis mellifera L. Apidologie 12: 159–183
  • SNEDECOR, G. W.; COCHRAN, W. G. (1980) Statistical methods. Ames, IA, USA: Iowa State University Press
  • SOLLER, M.; BAR-COHEN, R. (1967) Some observations on the heritability and genetic correlation between honey production and brood area in the honeybee. J. apic. Res. 6: 37–43
  • VERMA, S.; RUTTNER, F. (1983) Cytological analysis of the thelytokous parthenogenesis in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis ESCHLTZ). Apidologie 14: 41–57
  • VESLEY, V.; SILER, R. (1963) Die Verwendungsmöglichkeit der quantitativen und Populationsgenetik bei der Rassenzucht von Bienen. 19 int. Beekeep. Congr. Prague: 534–536

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.