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Relation of Body Weight to Fecundity in Queen Honeybees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Boch  and
C. A. Jamieson
R. Boch
Affiliation:
Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada
C. A. Jamieson
Affiliation:
Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada
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In a recent communication, Hoopingarner and Farrar (1959) report that the weight of the queen honeybee is genetically controlled, and that a proportional relationship exists between body weight and the number of ovarian tubules. These statements corroborate the findings by Eckert (1934) who found that the number of ovarioles tends to be influenced by hereditary factors. In a subsequent study Eckert (1937) was unable to correlate number of ovarioles with actual brood production. Whether a queen with a greater body weight is capable of laying more eggs than a small and lightweight queen remained to be determined; hence the present study was undertaken.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 9 , September 1960 , pp. 700 - 701
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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