Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Prirpda
Volume
5
Publication Date
1-1-1976
First Page
72
Last Page
73
Abstract
There is no indigenous Apis mellifera in Primor'e region of USSR, only Apis cerana. The population of the "Far Eastern bee" there is descended from (largely Ukrainian) bees taken by settlers in or before the early part of the century. These bees give very high honey yields, largely because of the lime forests; the 18-year average in the experimental apiary was 102 kg per hive. The bees have been mistakenly imported into other parts of USSR and elsewhere, as good honey producers; they have brought with them Varroa jacobsoni that is parasitic on, Apis cerana in wild colonies (and now on A. mellifera) in Primor'e.
Recommended Citation
Alpatov, V. V., "A fatal error in determining a race of honeybee" (1976). A. Paper 169.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_a/169