Predation on the western honey bee, Apis mellifera L., by the hornet, Vespa tropica (L.).
Predation on the western honey bee, Apis mellifera L., by the hornet, Vespa tropica (L.).
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10.1155/1982/37970
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1982-01-01
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Akratanakul, P.
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Burgett, M.;Akratanakul, P.
黄蜂是蜜蜂的高效捕食者，特别是在热带和亚热带生物群中。在蜜蜂属的四种蜜蜂中，只有巨型蜜蜂不受大黄蜂的攻击(Seeley等人。1982年)。De Jong(1978)综述了蜜蜂对意大利蜜蜂和中华蜜蜂的捕食记录。Matsurra和Sakagami(1973)详细描述了野桑蛾对日本蜜蜂的攻击行为。我们观察了热带弧菌对一个小的意大利蜜蜂群体的捕食和最终破坏。1981年12月，在泰国Nakorn Pathom的Kasetsart大学Kamphaeng Saen校区，为期四天。蜂群由四个标准框架组成，蜂巢内的蜂巢面积约为7000 cm，蜂窝体的体积为211。蜂群的入口被限制在约3.5cm2的面积内。这个蜂巢有一个大约半满蜂蜜的蜂巢，两个空蜂巢，一个蜂巢活跃的蜂巢，以及大约0.5公斤的工蜂，占据了两个蜂巢。孵化巢内寄生有寄生幼虫Tropilaelaps clareae Delfinado和Baker。在12月21日和23日对黄蜂的行为进行了不间断的观察，总共观察了19小时50分钟。为了便于观察，8只黄蜂被标记在它们的胸口上，上面有颜色和数字编码的圆盘。观测开始于21日0730时和23日07时15分，两天均持续到1700时以后。在两天的观测开始时，环境温度为16摄氏度，下午最高达到25摄氏度。我们估计有25到35只黄蜂参与了这一掠夺性事件。我们中的一个人(PA)最先注意到有几只黄蜂
Hornets of the genus Vespa are recognized as efficient and devas-tating predators of honey bees, especially in tropical and sub-tropical biomes. Of the four species of honey bees in the genus Apis only A. dorsata Fabr., the giant honey bee, appears free from attack by hornets (Seeley et al. 1982). De Jong (1978) reviewed the records of Vespa predation on A. mellifera and A. cerana Fabr. Matsurra and Sakagami (1973) provided a detaileddescription on V. mandarinia Smith attack behavior on A. mellifera in Japan. We observed the predation and ultimate destruction of a small A. mellifera colony by V. tropica (L.) on the Kamphaeng Saen campus of Kasetsart University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, during a four day period in December 1981. The honey bee colony consisted of four standard frames with a comb area of ca. 7,000 cm in a hive body with a volume of21 1. The colony entrance was restricted to an area of ca. 3.5 cm2. The colonypossessed one comb approximately one-half full of capped honey, two empty combs, one comb with an active brood nest and an estimated 0.5 kg of worker bees which occupied two combs. The broodnest was infested with the parasitic broodmite Tropilaelaps clareae Delfinado and Baker. Uninterrupted observations of hornet behaviorat thecolony were conducted on December 21 and 23 for a total of 19 h and 50 min. To facilitate the observations eight individual hornets were tagged on their thoraces with color and number coded discs. Observations were begun at 0730 h on the 21st and 0715 on the 23rd andcbntinued until after 1700 h on both days. The ambient temperature was 16C at the start of observations on both days and reached a maximum of 25 C bymid-afternoon. We estimate that 25 to 35 hornets were involved in this predatory episode. One of us (PA) first noted the presence ofa few hornetsat