Contribution à L’étude de la biodiversité de l’abeille du désert de la région de GHARDAIA

Abstract

Thestudyof thediversityofmorphometricandbiological traitsofbeescontributestothe enrichment ofbeekeepingbreedconservationprojects. Abiometricstudywasconductedon 100domesticworkerbeescollectedfrom4sitesintheWilayaofGhardaia,characterizedbya desert bioclimatic environment. At eachsite, 25bees were randomlycollected, and15 morphological traitsweremeasuredforeach. Thesetraitsareessential forhoneyproduction andother hive products. The averages of themorphological traits were analyzedusing statistical methodstodeterminetherangeofvariationofbeepopulations. Thecomparison betweenthe4siteswascarriedoutusingtheKruskal-Wallistest, asitallowsforexamining differencesbetweenmultiplegroupswithout assumingthat thedataisnormallydistributed. This studyrevealedthe existence of significant differences for several traits. characters betweenregions,whichshowsatruebiologicaldiversity.Thishasledustosuggestthatthese beesarewelladaptedtotheharshconditionsofthedesert,withbodiesthathelpthemsurvive inahot anddryclimate. Thisstudyhighlightstheimportanceofprotectinglocal beesand continuingresearchtobetterunderstandthemanddevelopbeekeepinginaridregions