Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius

Up to now, little is known about the reproductive biology of the Asiatic wild giant honeybee Apis dorsata. so a comprehensive study on its reproductive biology is needed to improve the beekeeping technique. This study was implemented in the U-Minh Melaleuca forest. Vietnam and the Campus of Univ...

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Main Author:	Nguyen, Quang Tan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1997
Subjects:	Reproduction Honeybee - Asia Bee culture
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10406/1/FP_1997_15_A.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.104062011-04-08T02:25:39Z Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius 1997 Nguyen, Quang Tan Up to now, little is known about the reproductive biology of the Asiatic wild giant honeybee Apis dorsata. so a comprehensive study on its reproductive biology is needed to improve the beekeeping technique. This study was implemented in the U-Minh Melaleuca forest. Vietnam and the Campus of Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor between July 1 995 and January 1997. It was aimed to determine the following: i) The drone t1ight time, sperm number of a sexually-mature drones and age of sexual maturity of drones ii) The number of queen cells and mating nights of v irgin queens. The observation on four colonies of A. dorsata showed that drones started to t1y at 3.4 ± 2.4 (n = 16) minutes after sunsets and stopped after a duration of 24.7 ± 1.0 (n = 16) minutes. The sperm count o f drones during days after emergence indicated that A. dorsata drones became sexually-mature after eightdays- old and a sexually-mature drone had 1.24 ± 0.39 (n = 31) million spermatozoa. Reproduction Honeybee - Asia Bee culture 1997 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10406/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10406/1/FP_1997_15_A.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Reproduction Honeybee - Asia Bee culture Faculty of Agriculture English
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description	Up to now, little is known about the reproductive biology of the Asiatic wild giant honeybee Apis dorsata. so a comprehensive study on its reproductive biology is needed to improve the beekeeping technique. This study was implemented in the U-Minh Melaleuca forest. Vietnam and the Campus of Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor between July 1 995 and January 1997. It was aimed to determine the following: i) The drone t1ight time, sperm number of a sexually-mature drones and age of sexual maturity of drones ii) The number of queen cells and mating nights of v irgin queens. The observation on four colonies of A. dorsata showed that drones started to t1y at 3.4 ± 2.4 (n = 16) minutes after sunsets and stopped after a duration of 24.7 ± 1.0 (n = 16) minutes. The sperm count o f drones during days after emergence indicated that A. dorsata drones became sexually-mature after eightdays- old and a sexually-mature drone had 1.24 ± 0.39 (n = 31) million spermatozoa.
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author	Nguyen, Quang Tan
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title	Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius
title_short	Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius
title_full	Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius
title_fullStr	Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius
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Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology and Behaviour of the Asiatic Giant Honeybee, Apis Dorsata Fabricius

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