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Morphometric analysis of the
autochthonous honeybees in
Tajikistan |
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Mohammad Reza Pourelmi1* and Stefan Fuchs2 |
1Department
of Animal Science, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Chalous Branch, Iran;
2Institut
für Bienenkunde, J.-W.-Goethe-University Frankfurt, Oberursel |
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Abstract |
With
the help of these investigations, the honeybees distribution boundaries
“Apis mellifera”, the farthest eastern border of which had been reported
to be as far as Sistan and Baluchestan is now shifted to
Tajikistan. A morphologic analysis
carried out on Tajiki’s bees in contrast with the other breeds reveals
the distinction between Tajiki’s bees with the other subspecies. This
distinction can be traced back in the climatic impact of the
distribution area of these bees. In this research it was determined that
bees of Tajikistan have closer relations with the
subspecies of meda of Iran
and honeybees of
Turkmenistan
than with any other subspecies. Quite extensive natural boundaries, high
mountain ranges, outstretched plains and deserts and a distinct climatic
difference within a wide geographical distribution of subspecies of Meda
have brought about an outstanding variation in their appearance inside
the population of Meda in various regions as far as the environment is
concerned. These changes are made to the extent that some independent
ecological and geographical races were the result, as has been certified
in the experimental observations carried out on Tajiki bees “Apis
mellifera tajica.
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Keywords:
Apis melliferal; meda; Tajikistan; distribution |
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To cite this article:
Pourelmi MR and S Fuchs, 2012.
Morphometric analysis of the autochthonous Honeybees
in Tajikistan.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci.,
2(6), 418-420. |
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