Genetic Stock Identification Of Production Colonies Of Russian Honey Bees

摘要

In 2008, the USDA-ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory (USDA-ARS HBB Lab) fully released the Russian honey bee stock to the Russian Honey Bee Breeders Association (RBBA). Each year, members of the RBB A are required to have their breeding stock genetically certified, to conduct tests of honey production, and assess pest and pathogen (Varroa mites, tracheal mites and Nosema ceranae) status. When the stock was released the stock diversity was characterized and a suite of geneticmarkers was identified that would be used for later stock certification (Bourgeois and Rinderer 2009, Bourgeois et al. 2010).