Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated a genotypic component to the division of labor among worker honeybees. However, these studies used artificially-selected strains of bees or colonies derived from queens that were instrumentally inseminated with the semen from very few males. We present evidence for genotypic variability among groups of workers performing tasks in colonies with naturally-mated queens. These results demonstrate that genetic structure is a level of social organization in honeybees.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 765-767 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Experientia |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Social behavior
- behavior genetics
- division of labor
- honeybee
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)