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Morphometrical control of pure race breeding in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L)

1994; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 25; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1051/apido

1297-9678

D. Kauhausen-Keller, R. Keller,

Plant and animal studies

— The comparative analysis of 112 honeybee samples from Brandenburg and seven samples of an A m carnica-breeding line from Hessen with the pure races A m mellifera and A m car- nica revealed that the two German provenances are located in the proximity of the pure race A m carnica, but drift apart in the same direction.There are no signs of a still existing influence of A m mellifera-genes.The morphometrical control of pure race breeding turned out to be useful.The 'land bee' was at least in the studied places of Brandenburg and Hessen pushed away.For a total confor- mity with the pure race it would be necessary to control additional characteristics.The analysis of 6 samples of the time of Zander showed that this bee was really a hybrid between A m carnica and A m mellifera.A m mellifera / A m carnica / genetic selection / morphometry / breeding scheme / Germany