Abstract
Condition for achieving high performance results in beekeeping is focused on the use of high-quality breeding queen bee. Because that a large amount of research are based on the examination of properties of selected lines of bees and choosing the best queen mothers in the aim of selection and improving the production characteristics of honey bees from the territory of Serbia. The amount of bees, brood, honey and pollen was investigated in two spring and one autumn survey and productivity controlled in the pasture of accacia. Line 1 had the greatest amount of brood (1.23, 4.04 and 5.39), while line 3 had the best spring development. The best quality of brood in all three exams had the lines 1 and 3 (3.00, 3.00 and 2.95) as well as the best productivity compared to the average yield of all other three lines. All tested lines were exhibited variability, which provides enough possibility for their further improvement and single out the mother queenbees with best results.
Highlights
Domestic animals have been raised and bred for thousands of years
When the modern breeding techniques were introduced into everyday use, the man had already created some breeds of domestic animals and for the further development of selection man had followed the established path (Nedić et al, 2009)
Szabo and Lefkovitch (1989) have found that honey production was in significant correlation with the number of worker bee cells in the nest (r = +0.65) and worker bee population (r = +0.62)
Summary
Domestic animals have been raised and bred for thousands of years. When the modern breeding techniques were introduced into everyday use, the man had already created some breeds of domestic animals and for the further development of selection man had followed the established path (Nedić et al, 2009). In beekeeping, some subspecies of bees were developed under the influence of environment and geographical spreading, and have greater variability in comparison to races of other domestic animals. The important production traits, such as honey yield, are being influenced by a number of paragenetic factors (Hellmich et al, 1985; Milne, 1985). Szabo and Lefkovitch (1989) have found that honey production was in significant correlation with the number of worker bee cells in the nest (r = +0.65) and worker bee population (r = +0.62). The rapid brood development in the spring is one of racial traits of the Carniolan honey bee. Identification and selection of lines of bees and queen mothers with above average production traits from the population is a primary task in the selection of bees. The aim of this research was to study the most important productive traits of some bee lines from Western Serbia and give recommendations for breeding work and spreading of the best lines in practice
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