THE SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRIBUTION LIMIT OF Apis mellifera, A MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) OF SISTAN-BELUTSCHISTAN

Stefan FUCHS

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THE SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRIBUTION LIMIT OF Apis mellifera, A MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) OF SISTAN-BELUTSCHISTAN

Yazarlar:

Stefan FUCHS

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Dergi:

Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi 2016 Vol.16 Issue 2, pp.67-75

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000619274

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2687-5594

Özet:

 

The western honeybee, Apis mellifera, covers an immense range of natural distribution. In contrast
to the limits in the North, West and South defined by the sea, the continental limits in the East are far
less clear. Here we present detailed morphometric data on the Bees of Sistan-Belutschistan in the far
South-Eastern End of the A. mellifera distribution. These are of particular interest because they
inhabit a comparatively narrow desert climate land strip separating the distribution range from the
Eastern honey bee, Apis cerana. Samples from the area differed quite substantially from the nextneighboured
Iran bee population, particularly by small body size, short hair, coloration patterns, and
comparatively broad wings, but were clearly allocated to A. m. meda rather than to other
representative A. mellifera subspecies. The study expands the South-Eastern range of A. m. meda by
a particularly heat-adapted subpopulation, considerably narrowing the geographic gap to A. cerana
in Pakistan. .

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THE SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRIBUTION LIMIT OF Apis mellifera, A MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) OF SISTAN-BELUTSCHISTAN

Yazarlar: Stefan FUCHS

Yayıncı: Bursa Uludağ University

Dergi: Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi 2016 Vol.16 Issue 2, pp.67-75

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000619274

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2687-5594

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Yazarlar:

Stefan FUCHS

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Dergi:

Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi 2016 Vol.16 Issue 2, pp.67-75

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000619274

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2687-5594