The high demand for honey bee queens has led commercial queen breeders to use incubators instead of the traditional method of incubating capped queen cells inside colonies. The incubators offer advantages such as temperature control and synchronized hatching. Meanwhile, the artificially incubated queens are apparently healthy and can mate and lay eggs in a similar way to those incubated naturally. However, the subsequent effects of artificial incubation on queen performance after emergence remain unknown and require further research. This article aims to highlight this issue and suggest areas for further research.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2024.2349320
Author: HossamAbouShaara
https://damanhour.academia.edu/HossamAbouShaara The central hub of my research is the thermal biology of honey bees, aiming to improve their abilities to withstand harsh environmental conditions. In this scope, I consider all abiotic and biotic stressors on cellular, individual, and colony level, with studies from basic beekeeping to modern sophisticated technologies such as bioinformatics and nanotechnology, with expertise in modeling, GIS, and RS. The ultimate goal of my research is to improve honey bee health under stressful environmental conditions, to increase productivity from colonies, and to improve their abilities as plant pollinators to ensure global food security. (e-mail: hossam.farag@agr.dmu.edu.eg -entomology_20802000@yahoo.com)
