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Apidologie
Volume 25, Number 2, 1994
F. Ruttner 80th birthday
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Page(s) | 179 - 187 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19940206 |
Apidologie 25 (1994) 179-187
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19940206
Agricultural University SGGW, Bee Culture Division, 166 Nowoursynowska, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland
Key words: A m mellifera / queen / laying worker / egg / morphometry
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19940206
Comparison of the size of eggs from Apis mellifera L queens and laying workers
J. WoykeAgricultural University SGGW, Bee Culture Division, 166 Nowoursynowska, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland
Abstract - The shortest eggs laid by A m mellifera laying workers were shorter, and the longest were longer than eggs deposited by queens. The coefficient of variance for length of eggs deposited by laying workers was 3.5 times higher than for eggs from queens. Eggs from queens were longer (1.620 mm), but narrower (0.368 mm) than eggs from laying workers (1.579 and 0.378 mm). Correlation coefficient between length and width was significant for eggs from laying workers but not from queens. Both types of A mellifera eggs were longer than eggs from A florea queens, but shorter than from A florea laying workers.
Key words: A m mellifera / queen / laying worker / egg / morphometry