Asexual reproduction in honey bee invaders

蜜蜂入侵者的无性繁殖

• 批准号: DP150101985
• 负责人: Prof Benjamin Oldroyd
• 金额: $ 25.16万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2018-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP150101985
• 关键词: Asexual; reproduction; honey; bee; invaders

This project aims to determine whether thelytokous parthenogenesis (the ability of queens and workers to clone themselves) is a critical factor in the successful establishment of invasive social insects in Australia and elsewhere. When an exotic social insect species arrives in Australia the population will usually expire due to a lack of conspecifics for mating, and severe inbreeding. Nonetheless, a few ant, bee and wasp species have managed to establish here and are among our worst invasive animals. The project plans to show how the Asian hive bee became established in Queensland and to assess the risks it poses to industry and the environment. This research should help the nation to respond more effectively to the next social insect invader.

该项目旨在确定产雌孤雌生殖（蚁后和工蜂克隆自身的能力）是否是入侵性社会性昆虫在澳大利亚和其他地方成功定居的关键因素。当外来社会性昆虫物种抵达澳大利亚时，由于缺乏同种交配和严重的近亲繁殖，其种群通常会消失。 尽管如此，一些蚂蚁、蜜蜂和黄蜂物种已经成功地在这里定居，它们是我们最严重的入侵动物之一。 该项目计划展示亚洲蜂巢如何在昆士兰定居，并评估其对工业和环境造成的风险。这项研究应该有助于国家更有效地应对下一次社会性昆虫入侵。