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The effect of queen removal on sexual production in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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dc.creator Gosterit, AYHAN
dc.creator GALİÇ, AŞKIN
dc.creator GÜREL, FEHMİ
dc.date 2008-12-31T22:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T11:00:46Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T11:00:46Z
dc.identifier b0c49ef9-66af-4178-b3e8-e4d8631ee8df
dc.identifier 10.3906/zoo-0807-34
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/b0c49ef9-66af-4178-b3e8-e4d8631ee8df/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/69496
dc.description We analyzed the effects of queen removal on male and queen production in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris. In total, 43 Bombus terrestris colonies were reared under standard laboratory rearing conditions. Before the competition point, when the colonies comprised 35-40 workers and many diploid larvae, we removed the queens from 20 randomly selected colonies to test the effects of queenlessness. The timing of gyne production in queenless colonies (25.6 +/- 1.5 days) was significantly earlier than in queenright colonies (32.8 +/- 3.2 days). Although queen removal had a significant effect on the timing of gyne production, there was no significant difference between the timing of the switch point, or the number of gynes and males produced in the queenright and queenless colonies.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title The effect of queen removal on sexual production in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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