Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea

S. Wongvilas; S. Deowanish; J. Lim; V. R. D. Xie; O. W. Griffith; B. P. Oldroyd

doi:10.1007/s00040-010-0080-7

Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea

S. Wongvilas, S. Deowanish, J. Lim, V. R. D. Xie, O. W. Griffith, B. P. Oldroyd

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The dwarf honey bees Apis florea and A. andreniformis are sympatric in southeast Asia. We translocated eight A. florea colonies and four A. andreniformis colonies to an orchard near Sai Yoke, Thailand. After 2 days, we dequeened half of the colonies. Microsatellite genotyping showed that a queenless A. florea colony merged with a queenright A. florea colony, and a queenless A. andreniformis colony merged with a queenright A. florea colony. The inter-specific merger in particular shows that colonies can combine without direct kin benefits, and that colony mergers probably arise through strong queen attraction.

Original language	Unknown
Pages (from-to)	251-255
Number of pages	5
Journal	Insectes Sociaux
Volume	57
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-010-0080-7
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Inclusive fitness
Hamilton’s rule
Colony amalgamations

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Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea

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