VOLUMETRIC PARAMETERS OF RECTAL PADS AS MORPHOPHYSYOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF ADAPTABLE POTENTIAL OF HONEYBEE’S (APIS MELLIFERA) COLONIES
This article describes results of comparative analysis rectal pads volumetric parameters of subspecies of honeybee. In this study was compared European dark wood bee (Apis mellifera mellifera L. 1758) and carpathic subspecies (Apis mellifera carpatica Foti. 1965). Dark wood bee subspecies presented by honeybees of Prikamskaya (Russia, Perm krai) population, carpathic subspecies presented by introduced to Perm krai bee colonies. At a histological level of rectal pads structure approved presence of specific adaptation complex to local phytoclimatic conditions from aboriginal honeybee population and absence of such adaptations in introduced bees.