Genotypical Variability for the Tasks of Water Collecting and Scenting in a Honey Bee Colony
- 1 September 2000
- Vol. 106 (9) , 769-779
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00571.x
Abstract
The polyandrous mating behaviour of the honey bee queen increases the genotypical variability amongst her worker offspring. Microsatellite DNA analyses revealed a total of 16 subfamilies in one colony of honey bees. The subfamilies were represented in significantly different proportions in two subgroups of bees, water collecting bees and scenting bees, indicating a genetic component in task choice.Keywords
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