Defensive behaviour of Apis mellifera against Vespa velutina in France: Testing whether European honeybees can develop an effective collective defence against a new predator
Defensive behaviour of Apis mellifera against Vespa velutina in France: Testing whether European honeybees can develop an effective collective defence against a new predator
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10.1016/j.beproc.2014.05.002
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
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1.3
通讯作者：
Arnold, Gerard
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作者：
Arca, Mariangela;Papachristoforou, Alexandros;Arnold, Gerard
我们调查了欧洲蜜蜂，意大利蜜蜂，和入侵的黄腿大黄蜂，Vespa velutina，2004年首次入侵法国，随后蔓延到邻近的欧洲国家（西班牙，葡萄牙和意大利）之间的捕食者-捕食者的相互作用。我们的目标是确定蜜蜂如何成功地保护它们的殖民地免受欧洲新捕食者的侵害。实验在法国西南部的大黄蜂在欧洲的自然和半控制的现场条件下的入口点进行。我们共调查了8个养蜂场和95个殖民地受到低或高水平的捕食。我们分析了大黄蜂的捕食行为和群体的集体反应。结果表明，A.法国的意大利胡蜂对V. velutina表现出低效和无组织的防御，这与欧洲其他地区和地球仪周围的其他地区不同，在这些地区，蜜蜂与它们的天然胡蜂捕食者共同进化。(C)© 2014 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
We investigated the prey-predator interactions between the European honeybee, Apis mellifera, and the invasive yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, which first invaded France in 2004 and thereafter spread to neighbouring European countries (Spain, Portugal and Italy). Our goal was to determine how successfully honeybees are able to defend their colonies against their new predator in Europe. Experiments were conducted in the southwest of France the point of entry of the hornet in Europe under natural and semi-controlled field conditions. We investigated a total of eight apiaries and 95 colonies subjected to either low or high levels of predation. We analyzed hornet predatory behaviour and collective response of colonies under attack. The results showed that A. mellifera in France exhibit an inefficient and unorganized defence against V. velutina, unlike in other regions of Europe and other areas around the globe where honeybees have co-evolved with their natural Vespa predators. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.