Behaviour Genetics of Nest Cleaning in Honeybees. III. Effect of Age of Bees of a Resistant Line on Their Response to Disease-Killed Brood
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Apicultural Research
- Vol. 3 (1) , 25-30
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1964.11100078
Abstract
Adult bees of known ages from a disease-resistant line were tested for their behavioural response towards larvae infected with American foul brood. Eighteen colonies, each composed of adult bees of the same age to within 4 days, were tested one or more times when the bees were 4–68 days old. Results of two summers' work provide a basis for the hypothesis that colonies composed of young resistant bees will remove all or nearly all larvae killed by foul brood regardless of nectar flow conditions, whereas colonies of the same resistant line made up of bees older than about 4 weeks remove the larvae only during a nectar flow.Keywords
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