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Pastos y Forrajes
Print version ISSN 0864-0394On-line version ISSN 2078-8452
Abstract
FONTE-CARBALLO, Leydi et al. Relation between the nutritional and immunological status of the stingless bee livestock in two provinces of Cuba. Pastos y Forrajes [online]. 2021, vol.44, eE11. Epub Aug 10, 2021. ISSN 0864-0394.
Objective:
To determine the relation between the nutritional and immunological status of the stingless bee livestock in two provinces of Cuba.
Materials and Methods:
Sampling was carried out in July and December, 2019, in the 24 randomly selected beehives, 12 in each locality, in the Matanzas and Mayabeque provinces. From each of the beehives new rearing boards were extracted, from which six third-instar larvae were collected, as well as the corresponding larval food, in order to determine the nutritional and immunological status of the stingless bee livestock from both localities. The analysis and interpretation of the biological and climate variables was done depending on the purpose of the research through variance analysis, analysis of principal components and cluster analysis.
Results:
The best results in the studied variables were obtained in December for the stingless bee apiaries located in both provinces. The existence of two components was identified, which explained 69,49 % of the variability of the data set. The first one of these components (PC1) explained in itself 50,72 %. In the clustering process three groups were formed. The analysis allowed to identify group III as the one with the best performance.
Conclusions:
The relation between the nutritional and immunological status of the stingless bee livestock of Matanzas and Mayabeque was proven through the variables selected for this study. In addition, the evaluation period was the indicator that marked the behavior adopted by these animals and not the locality.
Keywords : Melipona beecheii; beehives; larvae.