Determinación de la calidad fisicoquímica de la miel de abeja Apis mellifera mellifera producida en el Municipio de Tepatlaxco, Ver., envasada en vidrio y PET apoyado en un estudio etnobiológico

La apicultura en las regiones tropicales de México tiene antecedentes de cientos de años. Las abejas sociales y productoras de miel son parte esencial de las costumbres religiosas, alimenticias y comerciales de muchos pueblos indígenas. La miel para consumo humano debe tener buenas condiciones higiénicas, comportamiento microbiológico característico como consecuencia de la composición del producto base elaborado por las abejas. El conocimiento ancestral no se pierde, sin embargo el proceso de elaboración y envasado ha ido cambiando de acuerdo a las necesidades de los productores y consumidores. Sin embargo no se tiene registro de la forma de elaboración, se desconoce si el proceso de envasado es el correcto y si las características que dicho envase proporciona a la miel diferentes características físicoquímicas. Por lo anterior en esta investigación se realizaron encuestas a apicultores del Municipio de Tepatlaxco, para registrar los conocimientos que poseen en cuanto a la producción de miel. Se determinaron variables fisicoquímicas (pH, grados Brix y acidez) de la miel envasada en plástico, vidrio nuevo y vidrio reutilizado a diferentes tiempos de anaquel. Algunos de los resultados encontrados fueron que el envase de vidrio, nuevo y reciclado son opciones viables para los apicultores del municipio de Tepatlaxco, Veracruz ya que preserva las características particulares de la miel.

Exploring Two Honey Bee Traits for Improving Resistance Against Varroa destructor: Development and Genetic Evaluation

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects12030216 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 216

Author(s):

Matthieu Guichard ◽

Benoît Droz ◽

Evert W. Brascamp ◽

Adrien von Virag ◽

Markus Neuditschko ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Varroa Destructor ◽

Field Trial ◽

Genetic Evaluation ◽

Phenotypic Correlation ◽

Novel Traits ◽

Resistance Traits

For the development of novel selection traits in honey bees, applicability under field conditions is crucial. We thus evaluated two novel traits intended to provide resistance against the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor and to allow for their straightforward implementation in honey bee selection. These traits are new field estimates of already-described colony traits: brood recapping rate (‘Recapping’) and solidness (‘Solidness’). ‘Recapping’ refers to a specific worker characteristic wherein they reseal a capped and partly opened cell containing a pupa, whilst ‘Solidness’ assesses the percentage of capped brood in a predefined area. According to the literature and beekeepers’ experiences, a higher recapping rate and higher solidness could be related to resistance to V. destructor. During a four-year field trial in Switzerland, the two resistance traits were assessed in a total of 121 colonies of Apis mellifera mellifera. We estimated the repeatability and the heritability of the two traits and determined their phenotypic correlations with commonly applied selection traits, including other putative resistance traits. Both traits showed low repeatability between different measurements within each year. ‘Recapping’ had a low heritability (h2 = 0.04 to 0.05, depending on the selected model) and a negative phenotypic correlation to non-removal of pin-killed brood (r = −0.23). The heritability of ‘Solidness’ was moderate (h2 = 0.24 to 0.25) and did not significantly correlate with resistance traits. The two traits did not show an association with V. destructor infestation levels. Further research is needed to confirm the results, as only a small number of colonies was evaluated.

New approach to the mitotype classification in black honeybee Apis mellifera mellifera and Iberian honeybee Apis mellifera iberiensis

Russian Journal of Genetics ◽

10.1134/s1022795416020058 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 52 (3) ◽

pp. 281-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. A. Ilyasov ◽

A. V. Poskryakov ◽

A. V. Petukhov ◽

A. G. Nikolenko

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

New Approach ◽

Genetic pollution and number of matings in a black honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) population

Theoretical and Applied Genetics ◽

10.1007/bf00289278 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 73 (2) ◽

pp. 223-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

J. M. Cornuet ◽

A. Daoudi ◽

C. Chevalet

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Genetic Pollution

Heritability of the queen brood post-capping stage duration in Apis mellifera mellifera L

Apidologie ◽

10.1051/apido:19940601 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 513-519 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Y. Le Conte ◽

C. Bruchou ◽

K. Benhamouda ◽

C. Gauthier ◽

J. M. Cornuet

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Stage Duration ◽

Nuclear and mitochondrial patterns of introgression into native dark bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in Poland

Journal of Apicultural Research ◽

10.3896/ibra.1.50.2.03 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 116-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Andrzej Oleksa ◽

Igor Chybicki ◽

Adam Tofilski ◽

Jarosław Burczyk

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Genetic integrity of the Dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) from protected populations: a genome-wide assessment using SNPs and mtDNA sequence data

Journal of Apicultural Research ◽

10.3896/ibra.1.53.2.08 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 269-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

M Alice Pinto ◽

Dora Henriques ◽

Julio Chávez-Galarza ◽

Per Kryger ◽

Lionel Garnery ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Genetic Integrity ◽

Genome Wide ◽

A Genome ◽

Mtdna Sequence

The Current State of the Protected Apis mellifera mellifera Population in Russia: Hybridization and Nosematosis

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11102892 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 2892

Author(s):

Milyausha Kaskinova ◽

Elena Saltykova ◽

Alexander Poskryakov ◽

Alexey Nikolenko ◽

Luisa Gaifullina

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Southern Urals ◽

Ural Mountains ◽

The Southern Urals ◽

Mtdna Coi ◽

Current State ◽

Bee Colonies ◽

Pcr Diagnostics

The Southern Urals of Russia are the habitat of one of the surviving populations of the dark forest bee—the Burzyan population of Apis mellifera mellifera. In this study, we present the results of the subspecies identification of bee colonies in the Altyn-Solok Nature Reserve in the Southern Ural Mountains using the intergenic mtDNA COI-COII locus and the assessment of the prevalence of nosematosis. Analysis of the mtDNA COI-COII intergenic locus in the studied sample showed that 30.4% of the colonies belong to the lineage C. The PCR diagnostics of nosematosis in 92 colonies selected from different sectors of the Altyn-Solok Nature Reserve showed that about half of the analyzed colonies were infected with Nosema apis. Nosema ceranae was found in eight colonies. Both of these factors can lead to the extinction of this population of the dark forest bee.

Susceptibility of Bee Larvae to Chalkbrood in Relation to Hygienic Behaviour of Worker Bees in Colonies of Chosen Races of Honeybee (Apis Mellifera )

Journal of Apicultural Science ◽

10.2478/jas-2014-0012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 119-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Beata Panasiuk ◽

Małgorzata Bieńkowska ◽

Dariusz Gerula ◽

Paweł Węgrzynowicz

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Ascosphaera Apis ◽

Hygienic Behaviour ◽

Apis Mellifera Carnica ◽

Apis Mellifera Caucasica ◽

P Colonies ◽

Bee Colonies

Abstract The susceptibility of bee larvae to Ascosphaera apis infestation and the hygienic behaviour of worker bees in relation to A. apis infected and freeze-killed brood were evaluated in three races of bees: Apis mellifera carnica, Apis mellifera caucasica, and Apis mellifera mellifera. Experimental bee colonies were evaluated in field conditions during the three beekeeping seasons. The lowest percentage of infected larvae was observed in car GR1 and mel A colonies (8.5% and 15%, respectively) and the highest in car Mr and cau P colonies (21% and 24.3%, respectively). Bees in the car GR1 and mel A colonies removed mummified brood in a shorter period of time (6.5 and 7.1 days on average, respectively) than car Mr and cau P colonies (above 8 days). Bees in the mel A and car GR1 colonies cleaned significantly more cells with freeze-killed brood within 24 and 48 hours (above 70% and 80% on average, respectively) than car Mr and cau P colonies (on average 10 - 20% lower cleaning rate). A low correlation coefficient was found for the susceptibility of larvae to A. apis infection and hygienic behaviour.