Evaluación de diferentes niveles de disolución de jalea real con agua bidestilada para la obtención de abejas reinas (Apis Mellifera) en el cantón Morona.

Abstract

In Macas, Province of Morona Santiago, different levels of royal jelly dilution with double-distilled water were evaluated to obtain queen bees (Apis Mellifera). For the research, 2 mother hives with one hive were used to evaluate 4 treatments T1 (25% royal jelly - 75% double-distilled water), T2 (50% royal jelly - 50% double-distilled water), T3 (75% royal jelly - 25% double-distilled water), T3 (75% royal jelly - 25% double-distilled water) and T4 (100% royal jelly - 100% double-distilled water), T4 (100% royal jelly - 0% double-distilled water), versus a control (0% royal jelly - 100% double-distilled water), with 2 replicates per treatment consisting of 3 experimental units per replicate, using a total of 30 royal cups. The study variables were: queen cups accepted, hatchlings, hatching weight, length and width of the abdomen of queen bees. For the statistical analysis, the experimental results were subjected to an analysis of variance (ADEVA) and separation of means according to Tukey's methodology at a significance level (P<0.05), resulting in significant differences in the variable accepted queen crowns, while for the other variables there was no statistical significance, but there were numerical differences. It was concluded that the treatment with the best result corresponds to T4 (100% royal jelly - 0% double-distilled water) by presenting the highest values in the accepted cups (3.00 cups), queen bees hatched (2.5 bees), hatching weight (0.14 gr), abdomen length (0.66 cm) and abdomen width (0.36 cm), respectively; however, the treatment with the lowest value was T1 (25% royal jelly - 75% distilled water) with averages of 2.00 cups accepted, 1.50 queen bees hatched, 0.08 g hatched weight, 0.40 cm abdomen length and 0.22 cm abdomen width. It is recommended to disseminate the results obtained from this research to small and medium beekeepers.