Abnormal sizes of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) reared from drone comb (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)

Worker honey bees were reared in the larger cells of drone comb in experimental colonies. Workers were unusually small when colonies were provided with only drone comb. Unusually large worker bees were reared when a colony was also provided with worker comb. The probable causes and implications of s...

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Published in:Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1991-04, Vol.64 (2), p.193-196
Main Authors: Daly, H.V. (University of California, Berkeley, CA), Morse, R.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ABEILLE OUVRIERE
ABEJAS OBRERAS
AFRICANIZED BEES
Africanized honey bees
Apiculture
Apidae
APIS MELLIFERA
Bees
Biological and medical sciences
BODY MEASUREMENTS
DIMENSION
DIMENSIONS
Drone honey bees
Drone insects
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hymenoptera
Insect brood
Insect colonies
Insect identification
Insecta
Invertebrates
MEDICION DEL CUERPO
MENSURATION CORPORELLE
Morphology. Histology. Cytology
MORPHOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION
TAXONOMIA
TAXONOMIE
TAXONOMY
WORKER BEES
Worker honey bees
WORKER HONEYBEES
Worker insects
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Summary:Worker honey bees were reared in the larger cells of drone comb in experimental colonies. Workers were unusually small when colonies were provided with only drone comb. Unusually large worker bees were reared when a colony was also provided with worker comb. The probable causes and implications of such potential size variation on morphometric identification of Africanized bees are discussed.
ISSN:0022-8567
1937-2353