Caste and age-related changes in circulatory hemocytes of honey bee, Apis mellifera anatolica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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dc.contributor.authorYelkovan, Sedat
dc.contributor.authorArikan, Huseyin
dc.contributor.authorCakici, Ozlem
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-01T11:57:49Z
dc.date.available2020-12-01T11:57:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, there has been a great concern about increased honey bee losses and this phenomenon has turned into a global issue. Therefore, immune system research on honey bees gained importance. Hemocytes are an important part of the immune system. But there is a limited study about hemocyte types of honey bees. From this point of view, a detailed study was performed on hemocyte types of honey bee Apis mellifera anatolica was described in larval (3rd, 4th and 5th larval instars), prepupal, pupal, and adult stages of all castes including worker, drone, and queen. According to light microscopic examinations, prohemocyte, plasmatocyte, granulocyte, adipohemocyte and oenocytoid were determined in all castes. Prohemocytes are usually rounded cells with a large nucleus and small cytoplasmic area. Plasmatocytes are spherical or oval cells. Granulocytes are generally spherical cells with dense granules. Adipohemocytes are usually spherical cells having numerous lipid droplets within their cytoplasm. Oenocytoides are usually spherical cells with small and spherical nucleus centrally located. Also, we statistically compared the size of hemocyte types among these castes during metamorphosis. According to our measurements, the queen generally had the biggest hemocytes in comparison to the developmental stages in other castes. While statistically significant differences in the sizes of hemocyte types were mainly detected among castes of the pupal stage, there were no statistically significant differences in hemocyte sizes among castes of adult honey bees. in view of these findings, it may be stated that hemocyte profiles of A. m. anatolica vary based on the developmental stages of castes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEge University Scientific ResearchEge University [20658]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe would like to thank Prof. Dr. Banu Y_ucel from Ege University Faculty of Agriculture who guided us in our study and Ebru Tanriverdio from Ege University Biology Department, PhD student who assisted in laboratory studies. We are also grateful for maintaining bees from Agean Agricultural Research Institute. This study was partly based on the PhD thesis of the first author. We would like to thank Ege University Scientific Research Projects Coordinator (Project ID:20658) for economical supporting the thesis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00218839.2020.1834768
dc.identifier.issn0021-8839
dc.identifier.issn2078-6913
dc.identifier.issn0021-8839en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-6913en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85094658512en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2020.1834768
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/61817
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000584678200001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Apicultural Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectApis mellifera anatolicaen_US
dc.subjecthoney beeen_US
dc.subjectapicultureen_US
dc.subjectinnate immunityen_US
dc.subjecthemocyte typesen_US
dc.titleCaste and age-related changes in circulatory hemocytes of honey bee, Apis mellifera anatolica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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