Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Animal Science Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sanandaj, Iran
2 Faculty member of animal science research institute of Iran
Abstract
Due to synthetic acaricides' adverse effects, the use of non-chemical methods, such as improving hygienic behaviors, is considered against the Varroa destructor. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the hygienic behaviors of Uncapping & Removing 150 honey bee colonies infected with Varroa mite from four cities of Kermanshah province from 2019 to 2020 using the liquid nitrogen method. The results showed that a significant difference was observed 48 hours after pouring liquid nitrogen between the honey bee colonies of the studied cities in terms of hygienic behaviors of Uncapping & Removing (P<0.05). The results of the comparison of means bees' hygienic behaviors 48 hours after pouring liquid nitrogen showed that the highest and lowest average hygienic behaviors were related to honey bee colonies of Sahneh city with an average of 85.48% and Sarpol-e Zahab city with an average of 58.26 %, respectively. The mean of the total hygienic behaviors of Uncapping & Removing of the studied population 48 hours after pouring liquid nitrogen was 79.9%. This high percentage of expression of hygienic behaviors indicates that the Uncapping & Removing hygienic behaviors in the honey bee population of Kermanshah province are expressed to an optimal level. In total, it can be concluded that the honey bee colonies of Kermanshah province can defend themselves against the Varroa mite by performing hygienic behaviors. Therefore, it is possible to improve the level of this behavior in the honey bee colonies of this province by implementing breeding programs.
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