Year: 2014
Pages: 139-144
Number: Volume 6, issue 3
Type: scientific article
Topic: Articles
Authors: Ilyasov R.A., Poskryakov A.V.!, Nikolenko A.G.!, Proshchalykin M.Yu.!, Lelei A.S.!
Chinese wax bee (Asian bee) Apis cerana is mainly distributed in Asia. Last time there is quick reduction of its area and catastrophic decline of number of Asian bees Apis cerana in Far East caused by forest fires, cutting of broadleaf trees and treatments pests by insecticides. In Khasan region of Primorskii krai in National parks "Barsovyi" and "Kedrovaya Pad" was saved little population of A. cerana. Sequencing analysis of gene COI of mtDNA allow us to found 4 genetic groups of Far East population of Asian bees A. cerana. The greatest genetic similarity with other Asian populations of A.cerana had bees from Akademgorodok, National park "Kedrovaya Pad" and village Romashka. The greatest genetic diversity was observed in the population of A. cerana from c. Romashka. For successful saving of Far East population of A. cerana need keep all four genetic groups for save maximal level of their genetic diversity.
Apis cerana, chinese wax-bee, Asian bee, sequencing analysis, population genetics, gene COI of mtDNA.