Social parasitism by workers in queenless and queenright Apis cerana colonies
Social parasitism by workers in queenless and queenright Apis cerana colonies
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03207.x
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Oldroyd, B. P.
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作者：
Nanork, P.;Chapman, N. C.;Oldroyd, B. P.
我们检查了无蜂王和右蜂王中华蜜蜂群体中的工蜂繁殖情况，以确定它们是否被来自其他巢穴的工蜂所寄生。结果表明，后巢工蚁群中 2-6% 的工蚁来自另一个巢（非出生工蚁），但从统计数据来看，这些工蚁并不比出生工蚁更可能具有激活的卵巢，因此不太可能是活跃的寄生虫。然而，在无蜂王的群体中，我们发现卵巢激活的非出生工蜂（72.7%）和出生工蜂（36.3%）的比例存在显着差异。非产工工的繁殖成功率也显着高于产工工：1.8% 的工蚁是非产工工，但产下 5.2% 的卵并产下 5.5% 的蛹。与弗洛雷亚蜂不同，在无蜂王的巢中，非产工的比例不会增加。
We examined worker reproduction in queenless and queenright Apis cerana colonies to determine if they are parasitized by workers from other nests. The results demonstrate that 2-6% of workers in queenright colonies are from another nest (non-natal), but these workers are not statistically more likely to have activated ovaries than natal workers, and are therefore unlikely to be active parasites. However, in queenless colonies we found a significant difference between the proportion of non-natal (72.7%) and natal (36.3%) workers with activated ovaries. Non-natal workers also had significantly higher reproductive success than natal workers: 1.8% of workers were non-natal, but these laid 5.2% of the eggs and produced 5.5% of the pupae. Unlike A. florea, the proportion of non-natal workers does not increase in queenless nests.