Difference between revisions of "Honey bee species used for beekeeping"
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| − | '''Indonesia:''' The most common used honey bee for beekeeping is '''[[Honey bee species and subspecies|''A. cerana'']]'''. There is almost no information about beekeeping with ''A. mellifera'', even though it is known, that in | + | '''Indonesia:''' The most common used honey bee for beekeeping is '''[[Honey bee species and subspecies|''A. cerana'']]'''. There is almost no information about beekeeping with ''A. mellifera'', even though it is known, that in Java, beekeeping with ''A. mellifera'' is practiced. Beekeepers of stingless bees use local available feral bee colonies, by catching and housing them in hives (e.g. [[Honey bee species and subspecies|''Trigona spp.'']]). (pers. communication). |
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Revision as of 16:40, 12 November 2018
Ethiopia: A. mellifera is the most common used Apis species for beekeeping. According to a local scientist (Holeta Bee Research Institute, Ethiopia) beekeepers do not prefer a certain subspecies of A. mellifera. Instead they use the locally available subspecies for beekeeping (Fig. 1).
Figure 1: Distribution of the 5 subspecies of A. mellifera in Ethiopia. Picture was taken from Amssalu et al. (2004). [1]
Indonesia: The most common used honey bee for beekeeping is A. cerana. There is almost no information about beekeeping with A. mellifera, even though it is known, that in Java, beekeeping with A. mellifera is practiced. Beekeepers of stingless bees use local available feral bee colonies, by catching and housing them in hives (e.g. Trigona spp.). (pers. communication).
References
- ↑ Amssalu, B., Nuru, A., Radloff S. E., & Hepburn, H. R. Multivariate morphometric analysis of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the Ethiopian region. Apidologie 35, 71–81.
