Production characteristics of distinguished honey bee lines from different parts of Serbia

Abstract

For apicultural practice the productive traits of bee colonies are of great significance, since it is related to different geographical bee breeds. For the purpose of preservation of existing populations and natural diversity of honey bee and for the purpose of their further selection, researches upon the productive features of certain individual populations of choice at the territory of Republic of Serbia. During three years of research productive traits of six selected lines of honey bee from three different localities in Serbia (East, West and South Serbia) were studied. Through the survey of productive traits we have come to conclusion that there are significant variations among separate lines, which can be used to improve bee breeding program of the domestic honey bee and pick up the best lines for next generations.

U trogodišnjem ispitivanju, istraživane su najvažnije produktivne osobine izabranih linija medonosne pčele sa teritorije Republike Srbije. Najveća površina pčela utvrđena je u liniji 2 (u prvom i drugom prolećnom pregledu je iznosila: 1,89 i 5,24 rama, dok je u jesenjem bila 3,21 rama). Najveća površina legla u oba prolećna pregleda bila je najveća u liniji 2 i 5 (1,61 : 1,25, odnosno 5,06 : 5,15 rama), dok su u jesenjem pregledu sve linije imale približno istu površinu legla. U liniji 1 i 2 utvrđena je najveća prosečna površina meda i iznosila je 3,74, odnosno 3,68 rama. Površina polena u prolećnim pregledima bila je najveća u liniji 2 (0,54 i 0,42 rama).