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寄生虫であるケープのミツバチ労働者,アピス・メリフェラ・カペンス (Apis mellifera capensis) は,警察の監視を回避する

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.

|January 24, 2002

まとめ

ケープミツバチ (Apis mellifera capensis) の働き者は受精していない雌の卵を産み,アフリカミツバチ (A. m. scutellata) のコロニーに寄生虫の侵入を可能にします. これらの寄生虫蜂は,クイーンライトコロニーの労働者警察を回避し,ホストコロニーの死につながる.

科学分野:

エントモロジーエントモロジー学
社会的な昆虫は,社会的な昆虫です.
遺伝学遺伝学とは

背景:

南アフリカ北部にケープミツバチ (Apis mellifera capensis) の移動により,アフリカミツバチ (A. m. scutellata) のコロニーが消滅した.
ケープのミツバチ労働者は,オートミクティック・テリトキーのユニークな能力を有しており,交配せずに二倍体雌の卵を産むことができます.

研究の目的:

ケープのミツバチ労働者の寄生的な行動の背後にあるメカニズムを解明するために.
ケープのミツバチ労働者が宿主コロニーの社会的コントロールを克服する方法を理解するために.

主な方法:

寄生虫であるケープのミツバチが宿主アフリカミツバチコロニーの内部で働く観察.
生殖戦略と社会的相互作用の分析.

主要な成果:

ケープのミツバチ労働者は卵巣を活性化し,女王と右の宿主コロニーに卵を産む.
労働者が産卵した卵は,一般的な社会防衛機構である労働者の警察によって排除されません.

結論:

ケープのミツバチ労働者は,自動的なテリトキーと労働者警察の回避によって促進されたユニークな寄生虫の行動を表しています.
この社会的寄生主義は,利己的な個人に対する宿主社会の制御機構の失敗を表しています.

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