Selective rearing of queens by worker honey bees: kin or nestmate recognition

Selective rearing of queens by worker honey bees: kin or nestmate recognition

Honey bees (Apis mellifera ) have the ability to distinguish among groups of larvae that are destined to become queens and preferentially rear highly related nestmate larvae over less related larvae that are not nestmates.

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the Entomological Society of America 1984-09, Vol.77 (5), p.578-580
Hauptverfasser: Page, R.E. Jr, Erickson, E.H. Jr
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ABEILLE DOMESTIQUE
ABEJA MELIFERA
ABEJA REINA
Animal ethology
APICULTURA
APICULTURE
Apidae
APIS MELLIFERA
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HONEYBEES
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
QUEEN BEES
REINE D'ABEILLE
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Zusammenfassung:Honey bees (Apis mellifera ) have the ability to distinguish among groups of larvae that are destined to become queens and preferentially rear highly related nestmate larvae over less related larvae that are not nestmates.
ISSN:0013-8746
1938-2901
DOI:10.1093/aesa/77.5.578