MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES ON VENOM GLAND AND ITS RESERVOIR IN HONEYBEE WORKERS (APISMELLIFERA)

El-Bahnasy, Shimaa A.; El-Bassiony, Adel; ElBassiony, Mohamed N.; Mahfouz, Hatem M.

doi:10.21608/sinjas.2023.162759.1144

MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES ON VENOM GLAND AND ITS RESERVOIR IN HONEYBEE WORKERS (APISMELLIFERA)

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¹ Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci.; Arish Univ., Egypt.

² Dep. Plant Protec., Fac. Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Egypt.

10.21608/sinjas.2023.162759.1144

Abstract

This experiment was done during spring and autumn seasons of 2019 and 2020 to study the effect of age, feeding supply and the active season of honeybee workers on morphometric characters of venom sac and venom acid gland, body weight and the ages from 1^th to 21^th day old. Results indicated that in spring season, the highest data were recorded for body weight (122 mg) at day 8^th, venom sac area (1.554 mm²) at day 17^thand the total length of acidic gland (15.76 mm) at 12^thday old. While the lowest venom sac area (0.942 mm²) was recorded at 1^stday old. In autumn season with plenty of bee bread, the highest data were recorded for body weights at day 9^th (116mg), the highest both of venom sac area at day 15^th (1.5346 mm²) and the total length of acidic gland at 13^th day old (15.3mm).With scarcity of bee bread in autumn season, the body weight at day 1^strecorded (94 mg) while it recorded at day 21^th (79mg), the highest venom sac area at day 20^th (1.1933 mm²) and the highest total length of acidic gland at 17^th day old (15.4 mm). With scarcity of bee honey in autumn season, the highest body weights at day 1^st(94 mg), while the lowest body weights at day 21^th (72 mg), the highest venom sac area (mm2) at day 19^th (1.1775 mm²) and the highest total length of acidic gland at 12^th day old (15.5 mm).

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