Produção e avaliação de rainhas africanizadas em colmeias de diferentes materiais.

Abstract

The objective was to produce virgin queens through natural pulling using hives of different materials. The morphometry measurements of bees raised in different types of boxes, has shown that this is perfectly suited to the breeding system and shows significant results, however, there is a methodology for genetic improvement of queens to remedy and increase the productivity of the hive, in this case the production of queen bees. In this sense, the present work verified the morphometric measures of the queens, such as weight, wing length, abdomen length, thorax and total length, in both treatments. Mainly the most developed and heavy queens were considered. These traits are crucial for selecting good queens. A better developed queen has a higher concentration of egg laying and, consequently, a more populous hive, which will have a greater production capacity. It is observed that the queens produced in wooden boxes obtained heavier queens with 147.6 mg compared to the cement ones that had 140.7 mg. It was verified that the obtained data showed that queens produced in wooden and cement hives did not present significant differences.