2012
DOI: 10.3896/ibra.1.51.4.07
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Genotypic diversity in queenless honey bee colonies reduces fitness

Abstract: SummaryHoney bee queens mate with many males. The resulting genotypic diversity appears to enhance fitness of queenright colonies (those colonies with a reproductive queen present) which is difficult to measure, because measures of long-term fitness include successful matings of produced male sexuals (drones) and number of surviving swarms. The fitness of queenless colonies is, however, limited to worker-produced adult drones until natural colony death. Here we test the impact of genotypic diversity on fitness… Show more

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“…For this reason, males are only produced when environmental conditions are favorable to colony growth (Amiri, Micheline, Rueppell, & Tarpy, 2017). Bratkowski, Pirk, Neumann, and Wilde (2012) reported that the drone production has a great influence on the transmission of genetic material. Selected colonies for royal jelly production require large numbers of nursing honeybees, which means that these colonies were more efficient and produced fewer males brood (almost 50% less - Table 1).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For this reason, males are only produced when environmental conditions are favorable to colony growth (Amiri, Micheline, Rueppell, & Tarpy, 2017). Bratkowski, Pirk, Neumann, and Wilde (2012) reported that the drone production has a great influence on the transmission of genetic material. Selected colonies for royal jelly production require large numbers of nursing honeybees, which means that these colonies were more efficient and produced fewer males brood (almost 50% less - Table 1).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%