| hybrid origins of honeybees from italy (apis mellifera ligustica) and sicily (a. m. sicula). | the genetic variability of honeybee populations apis mellifera ligustica, in continental italy, and of a. m. sicula, in sicily, was investigated using nuclear (microsatellite) and mitochondrial markers. six populations (236 individual bees) and 17 populations (664 colonies) were, respectively, analysed using eight microsatellite loci and drai restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) of the cytochrome oxidase i (coi)-cytochrome oxidase ii (coii) region. microsatellite loci globally confirm ... | 2000 | 10886654 |
| chemical composition of different botanical origin honeys produced by sicilian black honeybees (apis mellifera ssp. sicula). | in 2008 a slow food presidium was launched in sicily (italy) for an early warning of the risk of extinction of the sicilian native breed of black honeybee (apis mellifera l. ssp sicula). today, the honey produced by these honeybees is the only sicilian honey produced entirely by the black honeybees. in view of few available data regarding the chemical composition of a. mellifera ssp. sicula honeys, in the present investigation the chemical compositions of sulla honey (hedysarum coronarium l.) an ... | 2015 | 25730368 |