CORRELATION OF MORPHOMETRIC AND PRODUCTIVE INDICATORS OF BEE FAMILIES

Abstract

The article analyzes the relationship between the morphometric parameters of the wings of honey bees and their productive parameters. Using the methods of variation statistics, it was shown that the cubital index mainly determines the belonging of bees to a certain breed group and does not correlate with productivity indicators. The discoidal displacement index has a high degree of correlation with honey productivity in bee colonies with a purebred queen (r = 0.83; p <0.05). As the cross-breeding progresses, this dependence decreases and is completely absent in bees that have queen bees of the second or unknown generation against the background of a decrease in honey productivity.

Keywords

• beekeeping
• morphometry
• cubital index
• discoidal displacement
• honey productivity
• correlation