Genetic resources conservation of Central European bees.

摘要

Four lines of the Central European breed of bees are included in the conservation programme. Two of them, M. Augustowska and M. Kampinoska were preserved in their original form in their natural habitats (the Augustow Forest and the Kampinos National Park), while M. Ponocna and M. Asta were improved while maintaining the most valuable characteristics of native bees. The genetic resources conservation programme of Central European bees is carried out by owners of apiaries that keep mothers of the protected lines - the National Animal Breeding Centre, which evaluates the performance and breeding value and keeps herdbooks for bee lines bred, and the National Research Institute of Animal Production, which coordinates these programmes. The implementation of the programmes is supported by subsidies for the maintenance of populations included in the genetic resources conservation programme, in accordance with the annual regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development concerning the rates of subsidies for different entities working for agriculture.