ANALISIS MORFOMETRIK LEBAH MADU PEKERJA Apis cerana BUDIDAYA PADA DUA KETINGGIAN TEMPAT YANG BERBEDA

Novita, Novita and Rustama, Saepudin and Sutriyono, Sutriyono (2013) ANALISIS MORFOMETRIK LEBAH MADU PEKERJA Apis cerana BUDIDAYA PADA DUA KETINGGIAN TEMPAT YANG BERBEDA. JSPI, 8 (1). pp. 41-56. ISSN 1978 - 3000

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Abstract

This research aimed to compare the morphometric of worker bees Apis cerana lives at different altitudes which were high altitude (500-<1000 m above sea level) and low altitude (0-100 m above sea level). The experimental animals were 50 Apis cerana collected from each altitudes. A projector microscope (LAS EZ V2.0.0) of 8x magnification was used in body measurement which was conducted in Animal Laboratory University of Bengkulu. Results showed that body weight, length of proboscis, femur length of worker bees of high and low altitude (introduced and local bees) are significantly different (P<0.05). However, the length of tibia, hind metatarsus, width of wings and and the forth abdominal tergit (P>0.05). The highest body weight and hind femur length werel observed in high and low altitudes. Infact, prosbocis length was the highest in low level altitude habitat. In contrasly, the measurement of length of hind femur was the highest in high altitude (Kepahiyang) and the the longest proboscis was found in low altitude (Bengkulu city). The results indicate that the differences were due to the adaptation processes to the environment. It can be concluded that the altitude of habitat plays an important role to the morphometric of workers group of Apis cerana.

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