Karyotype and Banding Analyses on Haploid Males of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Abstract

Cytological studies on Apis mellifera have been published by several investigators (Meves, 1907 ; Nachtssheim, 1913 ; Sanderson and Hall, 1958 ; Kerr, 1972). They observed 16 chromosomes in the male and 32 in the female. Karyotype analyses in this genus were reported in haploid males of A. melli f era (Hoshiba and Kusanagi, 1978), in diploid males of this species (Hoshiba, 1979), and in both diploid and haploid males of A. cerana japonica (Hoshiba et al., 1981). Details are presented in this paper on further karyological studies by means of the G- and C-banding techniques on A. melli f era male. © 1984, The Japan Academy. All rights reserved.