Intracolonial genetic diversity in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies increases pollen foraging efficiency

Multiple mating by honeybee queens results in colonies of genotypically diverse workers. Recent studies have demonstrated that increased genetic diversity within a honeybee colony increases the variation in the frequency of tasks performed by workers. We show that genotypically diverse colonies, eac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2011-05, Vol.65 (5), p.1037-1044
Hauptverfasser: Eckholm, Bruce J., Anderson, Kirk E., Weiss, Milagra, DeGrandi-Hoffman, Gloria
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