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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Meio-Norte.
Data corrente: | 18/06/1997
Data da última atualização: | 28/11/2014
Autoria: | CHEN, C-T; CHANG, S-Y.
Título: | Relationship between royal jelly production and number of queen cups in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.
Ano de publicação: | 1993
Fonte/Imprenta: | Bee Science, v. 3, n. 1, p. 44-49, 1993.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | The effect of different numbers of queen cell cups on royal jelly production at 2 and 3 days after grafting was determined. Queenright colonies of a selected Apis mellifera L. stock (20.000 bees/7-frame colony) were provided 64, 96, 128, 160, and 192 golden-yellow plastic cups at 2-day royal jelly production trials in March, or 60, 102, 136, 170, and 204 cups at 3-day royal jelly production trials in July. Mean weight of royal jelly/cup decreased with increasing number of cups at both royal jelly production trials. Total production was 153 mg/cup higher at 3-day postgraft than at 2-day (553.1 +- 79,1 mg vs. 399,5 +- 52.1 mg). Mean royal jelly production from 3-day grafts was 562 mg/cup (+- 30.6 mg) in this study, whereas most commercial production ranges from300 to 350 mg/cup using 96-160 cups in 7-frame colony. The weights of royal jelly/cup produced from 102, 136 or 170 cups at 3-day postgraft were not significantly different (p > 0.05). Significantly more royal jelly was produced with 68 queen cups/colony; however, the overfilled cups caused the uncapping process to puncture the larvae and contaminate the royal jelly. Economic analysis of our labor and production data indicates that 102 queen crups (3 cup bars) is the most efficient number of queen cups to use for royal jelly production in 7-frame colonies.
Palavras-Chave: | Bee; Honey bee; Queen cup.
Thesagro: | Abelha; Apis Mellifera; Geléia Real.
Thesaurus Nal: | royal jelly.
Categoria do assunto: | X Pesquisa, Tecnologia e Engenharia
Registro original: | Embrapa Meio-Norte (CPAMN)
Exemplares: | CPAMN - (2027-1) - ADC - SP - PP - S 3043 -  - 003043 - DIS