Queen mating frequency and maternity of males in the stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith

Green, C. L.; Oldroyd, Benjamin P.

doi:10.1007/s00040-002-8301-3

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“…Although additional T. hockingsi and T. carbonaria colonies were also involved (under the assumption of single queen matings; Green and Oldroyd 2002), this was at a low rate (2%-8%; see also Gloag et al 2008). Each fight differed markedly in length and severity and in the progression of collective behaviors toward eventual usurpation.…”

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Bees at War: Interspecific Battles and Nest Usurpation in Stingless Bees

Cunningham

Hereward

Heard

et al. 2014

The American Naturalist

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. abstract: We provide the first evidence for interspecific warfare in bees, a spectacular natural phenomenon that involves a series of aerial battles and leads to thousands of fatalities from both attacking and defending colonies. Molecular analysis of fights at a hive of the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria revealed that the attack was launched by a related species, Tetragonula hockingsi, which has only recently extended its habitat into southeastern Queensland. Following a succession of attacks by the same T. hockingsi colony over a 4-month period, the defending T. carbonaria colony was defeated and the hive usurped, with the invading colony installing a new queen. We complemented our direct observations with a 5-year study of more than 260 Tetragonula hives and found interspecific hive changes, which were likely to be usurpation events, occurring in 46 hives over this period. We discuss how fighting swarms and hive usurpation fit with theoretical predictions on the evolution of fatal fighting and highlight the many unexplained features of these battles that warrant further study.

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Bees at War: Interspecific Battles and Nest Usurpation in Stingless Bees

Cunningham

Hereward

Heard

et al. 2014

The American Naturalist

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“…Recently, several species have been studied and insights about male production, kin selection, queen mate frequency and social conflicts have been reported (Peters et al, 1999;Paxton, 2000;Green and Oldroyd, 2002;Tóth et al, 2002aTóth et al, , b, 2003Tóth et al, , 2004Paxton et al, 2003). However, this research would not be possible without the preliminary work of genomic library development and microsatellite screening for Meliponini species.…”

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Molecular markers as a tool for population and evolutionary studies of stingless bees

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-Molecular markers are widely used in biology to address questions related to ecology, genetics and evolution. In bees, molecular studies addressing those issues have focused on Apis and Apis mellifera. Here we describe examples where molecular markers from mtDNA and microsatellite analyses were applied to stingless bees species. The data obtained, although in some cases preliminary, have already proven useful to infer hypotheses about phylogeny, population dynamics, species validity and the evolution of this group of bees. stingless bees / molecular marker / mitochondrial DNA / microsatellite / evolution / Apidae / Meliponini

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“…Grosso et al, 2000Green and Oldroyd, 2002Silva-Matos et al, 2000 Ovaries mostly inactive, no trophic eggs but occasional laying of reproductive eggs…”

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Physiological and genetic mechanisms underlying caste development, reproduction and division of labor in stingless bees

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-Investigations on physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying developmental and reproductive differentiation in social bees center on the question of how different patterns of larval nutrition can affect hormonal dynamics and how these drive differential gene expression. Differential expression analyses and the generation of AFLP markers now enable us to re-examine the question of genetic caste determination in the genus Melipona. The comparison of vitellogenin expression in three species of stingless bees suggests divergence in regulatory mechanisms that directly relate to the mode of worker reproduction. As in honey bees, this indicates alternative functions for vitellogenin in the life cycle of adult workers. The diversity in life histories and their associated specific physiologies make the stingless bees a rich resource for information on evolutionary trajectories that have generated phenotypic plasticity in social Hymenoptera. stingless bee / caste development / juvenile hormone / vitellogenin / worker reproduction / Apidae / Meliponini

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Queen mating frequency and maternity of males in the stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith

Cited by 38 publications

References 34 publications

Bees at War: Interspecific Battles and Nest Usurpation in Stingless Bees

Bees at War: Interspecific Battles and Nest Usurpation in Stingless Bees

Molecular markers as a tool for population and evolutionary studies of stingless bees

Physiological and genetic mechanisms underlying caste development, reproduction and division of labor in stingless bees

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