MORPHOMETRIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera carpatica) POPULATIONS FROM TRANSYLVANIAN AREA
Keywords:
Apis mellifera carpatica, morphometric measurements, geographical analysis, Transylvania areaAbstract
The result of the long evolutionary process formed, by natural selection, variable
races and ecotypes which are biological and ecological differentiated. The
Romanian, Apis mellifera carpatica is the most adapted and the most efficient
species at the local conditions. Morphometric measurements were the major criteria
for classification described by Ruttner (1988) and are the basis of our study. In this
way 8 morphometric characters of honeybees from Transylvanian region were
measured. The data obtained show that the honeybees’ ecotype genes are mixed due
to the migratory beekeeping.
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