Parásitos Las abejas trabajadoras del Cabo, Apis mellifera capensis, evaden la vigilancia policial

Stephen J Martin1, Madeleine Beekman, Theresa C Wossler

  • 1Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.

Nature
|January 24, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Las obreras de la abeja melífera del Cabo (Apis mellifera capensis) pueden poner huevos femeninos no fertilizados, lo que permite la invasión parásita de las colonias de abeja melífera africana (A. m. scutellata). Estas abejas parásitas evaden la vigilancia de los trabajadores en las colonias de la reina, lo que lleva a la muerte de la colonia anfitriona.

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