Africanized honey bees are efficient at detecting, uncapping and removing dead brood

被引：5

作者：

Morais, M. M. ^{[1
]}

Francoy, T. M. ^{[2
]}

Pereira, R. A. ^{[1
]}

De Jong, D. ^{[2
]}

Goncalves, L. S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Biol, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Genet, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

来源：

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH | 2009年 / 8卷 / 02期

基金：

巴西圣保罗研究基金会;

关键词：

Apis mellifera; Hygienic behavior; Africanized honey bee; Observation hives; DISEASE-KILLED BROOD; HYGIENIC BEHAVIOR; APIS-MELLIFERA; RESPONSES; GENETICS; L;

D O I：

10.4238/vol8-2kerr020

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The hygienic behavior of honey bees is based on a two-step process, including uncapping and removing diseased, dead, damaged, or parasitized brood inside the cell. We evaluated during periods of 1 h the time that hygienic and non-hygienic colonies of Africanized honey bees spend to detect, uncap and remove pin-killed brood using comb inserts with transparent walls placed in observation hives. We observed that hygienic colonies are significantly faster in detecting, uncapping and removing dead brood in the cells (P < 0.001).

引用

页码：718 / 724

页数：7