RESUMEN: El comportamiento higiénico de las abejas (Apis mellífera) es un mecanismo altamente influenciado por efectos genéticos que les confiere resistencia contra enfermedades y parásitos. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar si las influencias climáticas, regionales y de cantidad de cría se relacionan con el comportamiento higiénico en col...
The hygienic behavior of honeybees (Apis mellífera) is a mechanism highly influenced by genetic effects that confers resistance against diseases and parasites. The objective of this study was to determine whether climatic, regional and brood quantity influences are related to hygienic behavior in beehives in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. A total of...
Resumen La africanización, las enfermedades, especialmente varroasis, la inestabilidad del mercado internacional de la miel y el deterioro del entorno ecológico, ha llevado a una constante investigación sobre como obtener abejas con características de alto rendimiento, baja defensividad y resistencia a enfermedades. El objetivo fue evaluar el compo...
Africanization, disease, particularly varroosis, the instability of the international honey market and the deterioration of ecological environment, has led to a constant research on how to obtain bees with high performance characteristics, low defensiveness and resistance to disease. The objective was to evaluate the defense, hygiene and productive...
Inoculation of Apis mellifera colonies with chalkbrood is a good way to test for hygienic behavior. The use of compatible pure strains of Ascosphaera apis, the causative agent of chalkbrood, could maintain homogeneity among experiments. Mycelium aging, viability, purity and capacity to produce spore-cysts were evaluated in MY20 and integral rice ke...
