EFFECT OF HIVE COLOR IN SOME BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF HONEYBEE COLONIES Apis mellifera L. DURING SPRING &EARLY SUMMER SEASONS IN THE AIR CONDITION FOR ERBIL GOVERNORATE IN NORTH IRAQ

	EFFECT OF HIVE COLOR IN SOME BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF HONEYBEE COLONIES Apis mellifera L. DURING SPRING &EARLY SUMMER SEASONS IN THE AIR CONDITION FOR ERBIL GOVERNORATE IN NORTH IRAQ
journal of kerbala university
Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 892-900 PDF (0 K)
Abstract
The study was conducted in Erbil Agriculture Directorate/ plant protection department/ Ain Kawa on colonies of hybrid honeybees Apis mellifera L. kept within mode of Italian hive ,Results of hive color effect in honeybee population showed significant impact of white color treatment with their mean of 47.10 frame bees comparing with the lowest mean 71.9 frame bees, which scored in the treatment of brownish color treatment (control), but for the mean of worker brood did not show significant differences between the various treatments and higher mean was 525,04 square inch, which scored in the white color treatment compared with the lowest mean 484, 48 square inch, which scored in the blue color treatment, also their was no significant differences in the drone brood character between the various Treatment, the highest mean was18, 69 square inch compared to the lowest mean 9.43 square inch , who recorded in the blue treatment, also white color treatment had significant impact recorded the highest mean of pollen 149.64 square inch compared to the brownish color treatment (control), which recorded the lowest mean of 75.49 square inch, while their was no any significant differences between the various treatments in the mean of honey production and the highest mean was 446.93 square inch, who scored in the treatment of white color compared with lowest mean 371.7 square inch, who scored in the brownish color treatment (control).

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