Similar policing rates of eggs laid by virgin and mated honey-bee queens

被引：15

作者：

Beekman, M ^{[1
]}

Martin, CG ^{[1
]}

Oldroyd, BP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Biol Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN | 2004年 / 91卷 / 12期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

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D O I：

10.1007/s00114-004-0576-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：

Worker-policing is a well-documented mechanism that maintains functional worker sterility in queenright honey-bee colonies. Unknown, however, is the source of the egg-marking signal that is thought to be produced by the queen and used by policing workers to discriminate between queen- and worker-laid eggs. Here we investigate whether mating is necessary for the queen to produce the egg-marking signal. We compare the removal rate of eggs laid by virgin queens and compare this rate with that of eggs laid by mated queens. Our results show that mating does not affect the acceptability of eggs, suggesting that physiological changes linked to the act of mating do not play a role in the production of the queen's egg-marking signal.

引用

页码：598 / 601

页数：4

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