Small hive beetles survive in honeybee prisons by behavioural mimicry

被引：32

作者：

Ellis, JD

Pirk, CWW

Hepburn, HR ^{[1
]}

Kastberger, G

Elzen, PJ

机构：

[1] Rhodes Univ, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-6140 Grahamstown, South Africa

[2] Graz Univ, Inst Zool, Dept Neurobiol, A-1800 Graz, Austria

[3] USDA, Kika de la Garze Subtrop Res Ctr, Weslaco, TX 78596 USA

来源：

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN | 2002年 / 89卷 / 07期

关键词：

Electronic Supplementary Material; Simple Experiment; Small Hive Beetle; Link Server; Metabolic Reserve;

D O I：

10.1007/s00114-002-0326-y

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

We report the results of a simple experiment to determine whether honeybees feed their small hive beetle nest parasites. Honeybees incarcerate the beetles in cells constructed of plant resins and continually guard them. The longevity of incarcerated beetles greatly exceeds their metabolic reserves. We show that survival of small hive beetles derives from behavioural mimicry by which the beetles induce the bees to feed them trophallactically. Electronic supplementary material to this paper can be obtained by using the Springer LINK server located at htpp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-002-0326-y.

引用

页码：326 / 328

页数：3

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