**Author details**

Banu Yucel1\*, Erkan Topal2 and Mustafa Kosoglu2

\*Address all correspondence to: banu.yucel@ege.edu.tr

1 Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

2 Aegean Agricultural Research Institute, Beekeeping Unit, Menemen, Izmir, Turkey
