Maternal and pre eclosional factors affecting alarm behaviour in adult honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Maternal and pre eclosional factors affecting alarm behaviour in adult honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

The inheritance of a group character, the alarm behaviour of honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.), was analyzed using a metabolic bio-assay. In a diallel test cross of preselected queens and drones, genetic variance and maternal effects on this behaviour were estimated. Crossfostering experiments s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Insectes sociaux 1987-01, Vol.34 (4), p.298-307
Hauptverfasser: Moritz, R.F.A, Southwick, E.E, Harbo, J.R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
alarm pheromones
Animal ethology
Apidae
Apis mellifera
behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
genetic variation
heritability
honey bees
maternal effect
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
responses
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Zusammenfassung:The inheritance of a group character, the alarm behaviour of honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.), was analyzed using a metabolic bio-assay. In a diallel test cross of preselected queens and drones, genetic variance and maternal effects on this behaviour were estimated. Crossfostering experiments showed that the hive environment during larval and pupal development has only minor effects on alarm behaviour.
ISSN:0020-1812
1420-9098
DOI:10.1007/BF02224362