Hypergravity Impact on fertility of Apis mellifera carnica Queens : case study

2024
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dc.abstract.enThe launch is considered the most stressful rocket flight stage due to the hypergravity occurrences. The possibility of using honey bees (Apis mellifera) as the extraterrestrial pollinator depends on their ability to reproduce correctly after experiencing hypergravity. The described study aims to verify the impact of a launching rocket’s acceleration on honey bee queen’s egg-laying behavior. Four artificially inseminated A. mellifera carnica queens were placed in the Human Training Centrifuge and given to the acceleration pattern of the launching Soyuz rocket. Next, the data on the number of food stores, eggs, larvae, and worker and drone pupae were collected from the test and control hives using the modified Liebefeld method. The pilot study results imply that accelerated queen’s egg-laying behavior may change twofold: limiting or maximizing the number of laid eggs, with the control queen egg-laying rate remaining stable for all samples. The number of drone pupae is greater for the test sample colonies, with its earlier appearance in the hive. No impact on overwintering success was observed. Authors indicate limitations of the results and a need to continue the study to verify the occurrence of anomalies potentially related to the examined factor.
dc.affiliationWydział Biologii : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku
dc.contributor.authorStasiowska, Dagmara
dc.contributor.authorKolasa, Michał - 190019
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-22T11:53:38Z
dc.date.available2025-09-22T11:53:38Z
dc.date.createdat2025-09-17T08:09:25Zen
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number3
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume36
dc.identifier.articleid25
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12217-024-10111-1
dc.identifier.issn0938-0108
dc.identifier.projectDRC AI
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/561002
dc.languageeng
dc.language.containereng
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.typeinne
dc.subject.enApis mellifera
dc.subject.enfertility
dc.subject.enreproduction
dc.subject.enhypergravity
dc.subject.enrocket launch
dc.subtypeArticle
dc.titleHypergravity Impact on fertility of Apis mellifera carnica Queens : case study
dc.title.journalMicrogravity Science and Technology
dc.typeJournalArticle
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dc.abstract.en
The launch is considered the most stressful rocket flight stage due to the hypergravity occurrences. The possibility of using honey bees (Apis mellifera) as the extraterrestrial pollinator depends on their ability to reproduce correctly after experiencing hypergravity. The described study aims to verify the impact of a launching rocket’s acceleration on honey bee queen’s egg-laying behavior. Four artificially inseminated A. mellifera carnica queens were placed in the Human Training Centrifuge and given to the acceleration pattern of the launching Soyuz rocket. Next, the data on the number of food stores, eggs, larvae, and worker and drone pupae were collected from the test and control hives using the modified Liebefeld method. The pilot study results imply that accelerated queen’s egg-laying behavior may change twofold: limiting or maximizing the number of laid eggs, with the control queen egg-laying rate remaining stable for all samples. The number of drone pupae is greater for the test sample colonies, with its earlier appearance in the hive. No impact on overwintering success was observed. Authors indicate limitations of the results and a need to continue the study to verify the occurrence of anomalies potentially related to the examined factor.
dc.affiliation
Wydział Biologii : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku
dc.contributor.author
Stasiowska, Dagmara
dc.contributor.author
Kolasa, Michał - 190019
dc.date.accessioned
2025-09-22T11:53:38Z
dc.date.available
2025-09-22T11:53:38Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-09-17T08:09:25Z
dc.date.issued
2024
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number
3
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume
36
dc.identifier.articleid
25
dc.identifier.doi
10.1007/s12217-024-10111-1
dc.identifier.issn
0938-0108
dc.identifier.project
DRC AI
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/561002
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
eng
dc.rights
Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
inne
dc.subject.en
Apis mellifera
dc.subject.en
fertility
dc.subject.en
reproduction
dc.subject.en
hypergravity
dc.subject.en
rocket launch
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
Hypergravity Impact on fertility of Apis mellifera carnica Queens : case study
dc.title.journal
Microgravity Science and Technology
dc.type
JournalArticle
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