Morphological variations in Nigerian Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 populations in Guinea savannah agro-ecological zone

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 is one of the most economically valuable insects which plays significant role in human medicine, nutrition and crop pollination. The morphometric variations of honeybee from different locations of the southern guinea and northern guinea savannah ecological zone of Niger...

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Published in:Polskie pismo entomologiczne 2021-12, Vol.90 (4 - Ahead of print), p.223-235
Main Authors: Adeoye, Olubusola Temitope, Pitan, Olufemi Richard, Ademolu, Kehinde Olutoyin, Popoola, Akinola Rasheed, Bobadoye, Bridget, Yetunde, Akinkunmi Olukemi
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Language:English
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Summary:Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 is one of the most economically valuable insects which plays significant role in human medicine, nutrition and crop pollination. The morphometric variations of honeybee from different locations of the southern guinea and northern guinea savannah ecological zone of Nigeria were studied. Fifteen morphological traits were measured for variation on six hundred (600) worker honeybee samples purposively collected from ten different locations within the ecological zone. Data collected were subjected to one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), SNK test (α=0.05) and Pearson correlation between morphometric characters were determined. At the same time a dendrogram of morphological proximity based on the fifteen morphological features was constructed. Results showed that morphometry variation (p
ISSN:0032-3780
DOI:10.5604/01.3001.0015.6646