<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study aims to investigate the effect of queen cell size (9.4 mm, 9.6 mm, 9.8 mm and 10.0 mm) and mother queen caged time (0 day, 2 days and 4 days) on rearing young queens without grafting larvae. The birth weight, ovarian tubes, thorax length and width were significantly increased with the increasing diameter of queen cell size. The expression level of Vitellogenin (Vg) in young queen ovaries was also up-regulated with the increased queen cell size diameter. These results indicate that the queen cell size can strongly affect the rearing queen quality and reproductive ability. Moreover, the weight, length and width of laying eggs rose with the mother queen caging time, and young queens reared with the hatched larvae from these eggs were also increased in terms of birth weight, ovarian tubes, thorax length and width. Furthermore, the expression level of Vg in reared queen ovaries was also up-regulated with the caged time. These results reveal that the caged time of queens could significantly influence egg size and their relative queen quality.</p></abstract>

This study aims to investigate the effect of queen cell size (9.4 mm, 9.6 mm, 9.8 mm and 10.0 mm) and mother queen caged time (0 day, 2 days and 4 days) on rearing young queens without grafting larvae. The birth weight, ovarian tubes, thorax length and width were significantly increased with the increasing diameter of queen cell size. The expression level of Vitellogenin (Vg) in young queen ovaries was also up-regulated with the increased queen cell size diameter. These results indicate that the queen cell size can strongly affect the rearing queen quality and reproductive ability. Moreover, the weight, length and width of laying eggs rose with the mother queen caging time, and young queens reared with the hatched larvae from these eggs were also increased in terms of birth weight, ovarian tubes, thorax length and width. Furthermore, the expression level of Vg in reared queen ovaries was also up-regulated with the caged time. These results reveal that the caged time of queens could significantly influence egg size and their relative queen quality.

Effects of Queen Cell Size and Caging Days of Mother Queen on Rearing Young Honey Bee Queens <italic>Apis mellifera</italic> L.

Journal of Apicultural Science

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Effects of Queen Cell Size and Caging Days of Mother Queen on Rearing Young Honey Bee Queens  L.

This study aims to investigate the effect of queen cell size (9.4 mm, 9.6 mm, 9.8 mm and 10.0 mm) and mother queen caged time (0 day, 2 days and 4 days) on...

Effects of Queen Cell Size and Caging Days of Mother Queen on Rearing Young Honey Bee Queens Apis mellifera L.

Published Online: Dec 24, 2018

Page range: 215 - 222

Received: Mar 21, 2018

Accepted: Oct 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2018-0025

Keywords
bee queens, queen cell size, imprisoned days of mother queen, quality of reared queen

© 2018 Xiaobo Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Effects of Queen Cell Size and Caging Days of Mother Queen on Rearing Young Honey Bee Queens Apis mellifera L.

Published Online: Dec 24, 2018

Page range: 215 - 222

Received: Mar 21, 2018

Accepted: Oct 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2018-0025

Keywordsbee queens, queen cell size, imprisoned days of mother queen, quality of reared queen

© 2018 Xiaobo Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
bee queens, queen cell size, imprisoned days of mother queen, quality of reared queen