The Wasp, Vespula Sylvestris Scopoli: Feeding, Foraging and Colony Development

Brian, M. V.; Brian, Anne D.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1952.tb02261.x

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“…A similar pattern has been found for Vespa crabro (Greene, 1988), Dolichovespula sylvestris (Brian and Brian, 1952, nests F and H) and Vespula vulgaris and V. germanica (Leathwick, 1997). For the failed nests F and H of Dolichovespula sylvestris, Brian and Brian (1952) found that the cell-building rate was zero during the latter part of the queen colony.…”

Section: Cell-building Ratessupporting

confidence: 57%

“…Brian and Brian, 1952;Martin, 1992) or in the laboratory either kept at room temperatures (e.g. Greene, 1988) or under more controlled environmental conditions (Matthews et al, 1982).…”

Section: Sources Of Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Successful colonies eventually succeed in producing many queens while unsuccessful colonies produce very few, or usually no, queens (Archer, 1981a). Pellets are ejected from the mouth of a larva, being the indigestible parts of the prey given to the larvae by the queen or workers (Brian and Brian, 1952). The meconium is ejected from the anus of a larva at the end of the larval stages.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Towards the end of the queen colony phase, a few cells may be left empty for several days. An egg was also laid in a cell from which the egg or larva had been cannibalised so the egg-laying rate was slightly higher than the cell-building rate (Dolichovespula sylvestris, Brian and Brian, 1952). From a laboratory nest of Vespa crabro, Greene (1988) estimated an overall egglaying rate of 2.31 eggs per day, which was slightly higher than the cell-building rate of 1.63 cells per day due to the cannibalism of 17 eggs and 5 larvae.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Table 9 shows that brood stages can be much longer. Oophagy with egg replacement was found in queen nests of Dolichovespula sylvestris (Brian and Brian, 1952) which would appear to increase the length of life of the egg stage. For a successful nest of Vespa crabro, Greene (1988) regarded all egg stage lasting more than 6 days due to oophagy and egg replacement.…”

Section: Length Of the Brood Stages And Queen Colony Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

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The queen colony phase of vespine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Archer

2009

Insect. Soc.

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Characteristics of queen nests of the Vespinae are reviewed including the number of cells and each brood stage in the mature nest, cell-building and egg-laying rates, length of each brood stage and the occurrence of brood cannibalism. Success rates of queen nests of the Vespinae are reviewed with their causes of failure including the effect of queen usurpation, and with particular reference to variation of queen behaviour or queen quality. Evidence for the differences between potentially successful and unsuccessful queen nests is given. Simulation models of queen nests are developed for potential successful and unsuccessful colonies to determine the extent of larval cannibalism, larval life extension and for unsuccessful queen nests, oophagy. The variation of cell building rate, the importance of ambient temperature and the fast development of the first batch of eggs are considered in relation to polistine studies. The causes of the variation of queen quality are unknown but could be related to the amount of food received as larvae or as adults before leaving the natal colony.

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Section: Cell-building Ratessupporting

confidence: 57%

“…Brian and Brian, 1952;Martin, 1992) or in the laboratory either kept at room temperatures (e.g. Greene, 1988) or under more controlled environmental conditions (Matthews et al, 1982).…”

Section: Sources Of Datamentioning

confidence: 99%