Morphometric comparison of wing characters in a populations, of Apis mellifera L. (Hym., Apidae) in 5 provinces of Iran

Populations of honeybees from 5 provinces of Iran were compared using morphometric tecnques. Five workers from each of 10 hives from 3 apicultures belonging to each province were selected randomly. Eight characters of the forewing consisted of length, width, A4 angle, D7angle, G18, cubital index, anal length and ratio of forewing length to width of honeybees were measured and analysed. Results showed that populations of Markazi and Khuzestan provinces were distincthy located in two different places Ι and ΙΙ respectively and populations of Esfahan, Kordestan and Fars provinces had the most similar wing characters and located in place ΙΙΙ.