This study was achieved in a private apiary located in a banana farm in Sa El Hagar, Basioun, Gharbia, Egypt from August 15, 2019 to May 25, 2020, including the banana (Musa sp., Musaceae) flow season (August and September) and extend to Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L., Fabaceae) flow season (May). The study aimed to evaluate the effect of confining the queen during the banana flow season on the brood rearing, honey yield, and activation of worker's ovaries. Also, we determined the negative impact of caging the queen during the banana flow season on the activity of the colony in brood rearing, storing pollen, and honey yield after releasing the queen on 5 October, extending to the next flow season in May. The obtained results showed that the honeybee colonies with the caged queen produced significantly more honey yield and less brood production than the free queen ones during the banana flow season. Also, the caging of the queen did not affect the colony strength after releasing the queen despite the partial development of the ovaries of some workers, but they did not lay eggs. In addition, releasing the queens suppressed the ovaries of the laying workers. It can be concluded that caging the queen during the banana flow season helps the colonies to produce more honey yield without effect on the colony strength after releasing the queen despite the ovaries development of few workers without egg-laying.

这项研究是在2019年8月15日至2020年5月25日在埃及加里比亚首都Basioun的Sa El Hagar香蕉农场的一家私人养蜂场进行的，其中包括香蕉（Musa sp。，Musaceae）流动季节（8月和9月） ）并扩展到埃及三叶草（Trifolium alexandrinumL.，豆科）流动季节（5月）。这项研究旨在评估在香蕉流动季节中限制女王/王后对育雏，蜂蜜产量和激活卵巢的影响。此外，我们确定了在香蕉流动季节中笼养女王/王后对育雏后殖民地活动，储存花粉和蜂蜜产量的负面影响（10月5日释放女王/王后，延续到5月的下一个流动季节）。获得的结果表明，在香蕉流动的季节中，带笼状女王的蜜蜂群体比自由女王群体产生的蜂蜜产量高得多，育雏量也更少。而且，尽管有些工人的卵巢部分发育，但女王的笼养并没有释放女王后的殖民地实力，但他们没有产卵。此外，释放皇后压制了产蛋工人的卵巢。可以得出结论，尽管很少有卵下卵的卵子发育，但在香蕉流通季节中对女王进行笼养可以帮助菌落产生更多的蜂蜜产量，而不影响释放女王后的菌落强度。