Analysis of honey bee wing shape in southwestern Asia

The file Apis-mellifera-Asia.html contains an R Markdown document that analyzes the wing shape of honey bees (Apis mellifera) from southwestern Asia.
https://drawwing.github.io/Apis-mellifera-Asia/Apis-mellifera-Asia.html

Publication

Machlowska J., Kandemir I, Koca A. Ö., Kakhniashvili V., Alattal Y., Alghamdi A. Tofilski A. (2025) Variation of honey bee wings in southwestern Asia. Scientific Data 12:1979
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06234-8

Classification of colonies as evolutionary lineages

Colonies were classified into four evolutionary lineages, as shown in the admixture graph (a) and map (b). Abbreviations: AZ - Azerbaijan, CY - Cyprus, GE - Georgia, IQ - Iraq, IR - Iran, KZ - Kazakhstan, SA - Saudi Arabia, TJ - Tajikistan, TR - Turkey.

Data

The analysis is based on data available at Zenodo:\

• Machlowska, J., Kandemir, I., Özkan Koca, A., Kakhniashvili, V., Alattal, Y., Alghamdi, A., & Tofilski, A. (2025). Fore wings of honey bees (Apis mellifera) from southwestern Asia [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17075125\
• Temirbayeva, K., Torekhanov, A., Nuralieva, U., Sheralieva, Z., & Tofilski, A. (2023). Fore wings of honey bees (Apis mellifera) from Kazakhstan [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8128010