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
