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This paper discusses the biological features of growing bee and drone broods of the Far Eastern honey bee. The development of bee individuals has two peak values, the first before the main honey harvest from linden - 230.1 squares and the second at the end of August during the period of building up the winter generation - 236.4 squares. The drone brood is reared simultaneously with the bee brood and reaches a maximum of 24.1 squares in mid-June and 20.5 squares in early August. During the July honey harvest, the minimum amount of brood is raised - 54.2 squares of bees and 1.3 squares of drones. This is due to the fact that the bees begin to limit the egg production of the queen bee by filling free cells with honey, thereby freeing the nurse bees from brood feeding and switching them to the preparation of nectar.
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Sharov, M. (2022). Reproduction of Bee and Drone Brood in Bee Colonies of the Far Eastern Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera Linnaeus, 1758) in the Conditions of Primorsky Krai. In: Muratov, A., Ignateva, S. (eds) Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research in the Development of Agriculture in the Far East (AFE-2021). AFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 353. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91402-8_52
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