Spatial differences in worker policing facilitate social parasitism of Cape honeybee workers ( Apis mellifera capensis Esch.) in queenright host colonies

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Neumann ◽  
C. W. W. Pirk ◽  
H. R. Hepburn ◽  
R. F. A. Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis ◽  
Worker Policing ◽  
Cape Honeybee ◽  
Spatial Differences

scholarly journals Social parasitism of queens and workers in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis)

2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin F. A. Moritz ◽  
H. Michael G. Lattorff ◽  
Kendall L. Crous ◽  
Randall H. Hepburn
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis ◽  
Cape Honeybee

Social parasitism by Cape honeybee workers in colonies of their own subspecies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.)

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Härtel ◽  
P. Neumann ◽  
F. S. Raassen ◽  
R. F. A. Moritz ◽  
H. R. Hepburn
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis ◽  
Cape Honeybee

scholarly journals The behaviour of drifted Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis): predisposition for social parasitism?

Apidologie ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 585-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Neumann ◽  
Sarah E. Radloff ◽  
Christian W.W. Pirk ◽  
Randall Hepburn
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis ◽  
Cape Honeybee

LACK OF WORKER POLICING IN THE CAPE HONEYBEE (APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS)

Behaviour ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 136 (9) ◽  
pp. 1079-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
M.H. Allsopp ◽  
R.F.A. Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Microsatellite Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Worker Reproduction ◽  
Genetic Evidence ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis ◽  
Worker Policing ◽  
Cape Honeybee ◽  
Average Worker

AbstractIn honeybees (Apis mellifera) laying worker offspring is rare. One mechanism to suppress worker reproduction is through worker policing, i.e. workers remove unfertilised eggs laid by other workers. This behaviour has been shown to be adaptive as soon as the queen performs polyandrous matings. The average relatedness to the queen's drones is higher than to the worker laid offspring. In the Cape honeybee (A. m. capensis) reproductive workers lay fertilised eggs which develop into females. In this case the average worker relatedness to sexual reproductives reared from worker or queen offspring is identical. Worker policing has been predicted by evolutionary theory to be less expressed in A. m. capensis colonies than in other honeybees. We found genetic evidence that worker policing is not common in the Cape honeybee. Laying worker offspring was identified in queen right colonies using microsatellite DNA analysis.

scholarly journals Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1221-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huo-Qing Zheng ◽  
Vincent Dietemann ◽  
Robin M. Crewe ◽  
Randall Hepburn ◽  
Fu-Liang Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis

Firewalls in bee nests—survival value of propolis walls of wild Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis)

2017 ◽  
Vol 104 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Tribe ◽  
Jürgen Tautz ◽  
Karin Sternberg ◽  
Jenny Cullinan
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Apis Mellifera Capensis ◽  
Cape Honeybee
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