The defence of bumblebee colonies
The defence of bumblebee colonies
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DOI：
10.1163/156853957x00128
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发表时间：
1958-01-01
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
FREE, J.B
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FREE, J.B
大黄蜂群体的成员有一种共同的气味。大黄蜂能够仅凭气味就识别来自其他殖民地的入侵大黄蜂。一个陌生群体的气味可以被吸收到蜜蜂的体表，结果是她随后被自己群体的成员攻击。大型蚁群在巢穴入口处有守卫。在较小的蜂群中，虽然没有警卫，但有些蜜蜂比其他蜜蜂更容易攻击入侵者。这种蜜蜂的攻击性似乎与其卵巢的相对高度发育有关。|| 摘要编辑：作者
The members of a bumblebee colony possess a common odor. Bumblebees are able to recognize intruding bumblebess from other colonies from their scent alone. The scent of a strange colony can be absorbed on to the body surface of a bee with the result that she subsequently is attacked by members of her own colony. Large colonies have guards at the entrance of their nests. In smaller colonies, although no guards are present, some bees more readily attack intruders than others. The aggressiveness of such bees appears to be related to the relatively high degree of development of their ovaries. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: Author