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The Importance of Morphometric Geometry on Discrimination of Carniolan (Apis mellifera carnica) and Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) Honey Bee Subspecies and in Determining Their Relationship to Thrace Region Bee Genotype

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dc.authorscopusid35366257300
dc.authorscopusid12752758300
dc.authorscopusid36463625400
dc.contributor.authorGürler, Ali Tümay
dc.contributor.authorBek, Y.
dc.contributor.authorGuven, H.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-21T14:48:56Z
dc.date.available2020-06-21T14:48:56Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentOndokuz Mayıs Üniversitesien_US
dc.department-temp[Güler] Ahmet Umut, Department of Animal Science, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, Samsun, Turkey; [Bek] Yüksel, Department of Biostatistics, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, Samsun, Turkey; [Guven] Hurriyet, Apiculture Research Institute, Ordu, Ordu, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe honey bee races Apis mellifera carnica Pollman and A. m. caucasica Gorbachev are both found in Turkey, A. m. carnica primarily in Thrace (European Turkey) and A. m. caucasica primarily in north-eastern Anatolia (Asia Minor). Standard measures of forewing vein angles were investigated for their utility in discriminating between these two races and in identifying bees of unknown origin. A total of 76 honey bee samples was used, 61 of which were taken from north-eastern Anatolia (NEA), 8 from Thrace region (TR) and 7 from a private beekeeper who imported queens of A. m. carnica (IQC) from abroad. In each sample, 11 forewing vein angles used in standard honey bee morphometrics (A <inf>4</inf>, B<inf>4</inf>, D<inf>7</inf>, E<inf>9</inf>, G<inf>18</inf>, J<inf>10</inf>, J<inf>16</inf>, K<inf>19</inf>, L<inf>13</inf>, N<inf>23</inf> and O<inf>26</inf>) were measured. Multivariate linear discriminant analysis step-wise methods showed that A<inf>4</inf>, K<inf>19</inf> and G<inf>18</inf> were sufficient to discriminate between the samples. While A<inf>4</inf> vein angle was found to be a key geometric character for the A. m. caucasica (NEA) race, B<inf>4</inf> was found to be key for the A. m. carnica (IQC) race. Standard norm values of A<inf>4</inf>, and B<inf>4</inf> are 33° and 104° for A. m. caucasica (NEA) race and 32° and 105° for A. m. carnica race (IQC). It is possible to discriminate unknown worker bee samples of these subspecies by using these standard norm values. The range of real and observed agreement for estimation of unknown samples was 0.93-0.77 for A. m. carnica and 0.89-0.65 for A. m. caucasica honey bee subspecies. Although in discriminant analysis Thrace and Carniolan (IQC) honey bee samples were overlapping in low percentage, according to forewing geometric veinal angles they were found to be similar. © 2010 Kansas Entomological Society.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2317/JKES0702.20.1
dc.identifier.endpage162en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-8567
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77955795401
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage154en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2317/JKES0702.20.1
dc.identifier.volume83en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000281073100005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKansas Entomological Socen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the Kansas Entomological Societyen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of the Kansas Entomological Societyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectApis Melliferaen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminant Analysisen_US
dc.subjectGeometric Angleen_US
dc.subjectHoneybeeen_US
dc.subjectMorphometryen_US
dc.subjectSubspeciesen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleThe Importance of Morphometric Geometry on Discrimination of Carniolan (Apis mellifera carnica) and Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) Honey Bee Subspecies and in Determining Their Relationship to Thrace Region Bee Genotypeen_US
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