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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Meio Ambiente.
Tipo da produção científica: | Artigo em Periódico Indexado
Circulação/Nível: | A - 3
Data corrente: | 23/02/2023
Data da última atualização: | 14/07/2023
Autoria: | BUENO, F. G. B.; SANTOS, C. F dos; OTESBELGUE, A.; MENEZES, C.; VEEN, J. W. van; BLOCHTEIN, B.; GLOAG, R.; HEARD, T.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L.; ALVES, D. A.
Afiliação: | FRANCISCO GARCIA BULLE BUENO, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY; CHARLES FERNANDO DOS SANTOS, PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; ALEX OTESBELGUE, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; CRISTIANO MENEZES, CNPMA; JOHAN WILHELM VAN VEEN, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA; BETINA BLOCHTEIN, PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; ROSALYN GLOAG, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY; TIM HEARD, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY; VERA LUCIA IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; DENISE ARAUJO ALVES, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO.
Título: | The queens of the stingless bees: from egg to adult.
Ano de publicação: | 2023
Fonte/Imprenta: | Insectes Sociaux, v. 70, n. 1, p. 43-57, 2023.
ISSN: | 1420-9098
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-022-00894-0
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Abstract: Queens play an essential role in the colonies of stingless bees. Typically, only one queen occurs in a colony at any time, and she dominates the egg laying. Their presence maintains colony cohesion and ensures the development and survivorship of these matriarchal societies. Yet there remain significant gaps in our knowledge of queen life cycles as compared to their daughters, the workers. In this review, we follow chronologically the life of queens from pre-emergence inside brood cells (caste determination), to their interaction with workers (queen selection) and males (sexual selection), and up to adulthood. Stingless bee queens can be determined either trophically or genetically. After emergence, the virgin queens undergo a selection process whereby many are executed by workers. The body size, pheromones, age and behaviour of virgin queens may play a role in queen selection. Queens then leave the nest on a nuptial flight during which they mate just once. After mating, queens are still susceptible to workers? harassment. For example, if they produce diploid males they are killed by workers. Previous studies have successfully in vitro reared and mated virgin queens under laboratory conditions, which have revealed new insights of queen development time, the threshold of minimum and maximum provided food to larvae developing into queens, and lethal and sublethal effects of agrochemical substances. These new techniques have also provided new information about queen physiology. However, the daily routine of queens inside colonies demands further well-designed experiments to capture other patterns of behaviour which remain poorly understood, including their interactions with other queens, workers and even males.
Thesagro: | Abelha; Abelha Brasileira; Abelha Rainha; Comportamento Animal.
Thesaurus Nal: | Insect behavior; Queen honey bees; Stingless bees.
Categoria do assunto: | O Insetos e Entomologia
Registro original: | Embrapa Meio Ambiente (CNPMA)
Exemplares: | CNPMA - (17368-1) - UPC - AP - DD -  -  -  - DIS