期刊名称：Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal
出版年度：2004
卷号：12
期号：4S1
页码：22-25
出版社：Latin American Association of Animal Production
摘要：The liberation in Brazil of bees' queens belonging to the breed Apis Mellifera scutellata from Africa, the quick adaptation, and their mixture with the colonies of European bees there present originated a hybridization of the insects. This study searches for morphological traits that allow an easy identification of Africanized honeybee colonies. A total of 18 morphological variables of work bees from 53 beehives were analyzed. The beehives came: two from North of Africa, 12 from Brazil, 14 from Portugal, four from Madeira, and 21 from Spain. The discriminant analysis using the "Forward Stepwise" method with the 18 morphological variables indicates that differences statistically significant among beehives exist. The graphic representation of the results shows that the colonies coming from Spain, Madeira and North of Africa form a homogeneous morphological group, and this group differs from the one formed by the beehives from Brazil and Portugal.
关键词：Order Hymenoptera, family Apidae, Apis mellifera, biogeography, bees Africanized, morphometry
from Africa, the quick adaptation, and their mixture with the colonies of European bees there present originated a hybridization of the insects. This study searches for morphological traits that allow an easy identification of Africanized honeybee colonies. A total of 18 morphological variables of work bees from 53 beehives were analyzed. The beehives came: two from North of Africa, 12 from Brazil, 14 from Portugal, four from Madeira, and 21 from Spain. The discriminant analysis using the "Forward Stepwise" method with the 18 morphological variables indicates that differences statistically significant among beehives exist. The graphic representation of the results shows that the colonies coming from Spain, Madeira and North of Africa form a homogeneous morphological group, and this group differs from the one formed by the beehives from Brazil and Portugal.
