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    Correlations between the quantity of foraged pollen, the number of foragers and the morphological traits of the honey bees
    (University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia, 2021-10-07) Jevtić, Goran; Anđelković, Bojan; Andjelković, Snežana; Zornic, Vladimir; Matović, Kazimir; Nedić, N.
    In four-year monitoring of two generations of honey bee colonies (queen bees and their offspring), the correlation coefficients between morphological traits for the amount of foraged pollen, traits on which the foraging activity of honey bees depends. Considering morphometric traits, the tongue length, the length and width of the wings and basitarses were measured. In field conditions, scouts and forager bees were counted, the total amount of foraged pollen and the amount of foraged alfalfa pollen were measured. It was found that there is a very strong correlation between the amount of foraged pollen and the observed traits that determine the foraging activity of the honey bee, as well as the size of the basitarus at a statistically very significant level (p <0.01). There was a strong correlation between the traits that determine the foraging activity with each other (p <0.01). The size of the basitarsus (length and width) was strongly correlated with most traits. The wing length was in medium correlation with most traits (r = 0.3-0.6), while the wing width with all traits was weakly or negatively correlated. The length of the proboscis was in the medium strong correlation with most of the observed traits. It is weakly correlated with the width of the basitarus and the wing, and weakly to negatively correlated with the wing length.