Bouzeraa H, Achou M, Sellami H and Slotani N
A biometric study was conducted on domestic worker bees coming from three 03 sites (Tahir, Al-Ancer and Ziama) of the Algerian north-east located in the wet moderate bioclimatic stage (Province Jijel). On each site, 23 bees were taken randomly, that is to say a total of 69 individuals. For each bee, 15 morphological characters were measured. The statistical analyzes show a very highly significant effect concerning the length of the tongue, the length and width of the anterior wing and the posterior wing, the length of the nervure B of the cubital index, the cubital index (Ratio A/B), the length of the metatarsus, femur, tibia, the sternite 1 and 3, and coloration (P ≤ 0.001), and significant concerning the width of the metatarsus (P ≤ 0.05), and nonsignificant concerning the length of nervure A of the cubital index (P ≥ 0.05).
