从云南德钦县的霞若、托顶两个乡镇共采集了8群东方蜜蜂的样蜂,每群测定分析15只工蜂,每只工蜂总共有38个测定的形态特征。测定的性状特征数据进行因素分析、主成分分析和聚类分析,并与云南省内其它县东方蜜蜂的相关数据进行比较。结果表明,德钦东方蜜蜂个体较大,身上的绒毛较长,与云南省内其它东方蜜蜂分开,独自形成一个类群。
The morphological characters and taxonomy of Apis Cerana in Deqin county of Yunnan province was studied using morphological methods. Eight samples of A. cerana were collected from Deqin Thirty-eight standard morphological characters were measured. The data were analyzed by factor analy- sis, principal component analysis and cluster analysis. The results showed that A. cerana had a high degree of variation in size with various geographic features, longer hair and formed an individual branch, compared with other A. cerana in Yunnan.