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- Title
Comb Wax Salvage by the Red Dwarf Honeybee, Apis florea F.
- Authors
Hepburn, Randall; Duangphakdee, Orawan; Phiancharoen, Mananya; Radloff, Sarah
- Abstract
Cannibalizing wax from a deserted nest and reusing it in construction of a new nest is only known for absconding colonies of red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea We tested whether would preferentially choose to salvage wax from their A. florea own, original natal comb over that of other conspecific combs (test 1) and whether they would salvage wax from comb facsimiles of combs (test 2) fashioned A. florea from the combs of , and . In test 1, preferences for A. cerana, A. dorsata A. mellifera natal comb were significantly greater than for non-natal combs. In test 2, no wax was collected from heterospecific combs. It is evident that wax discrimination is context- dependent and that there is considerable genetic variation for the wax-salvaging trait.
- Subjects
APIS (Insects); HONEYBEES; INSECT behavior; INSECT societies; BEESWAX; HONEYCOMBS
- Publication
Journal of Insect Behavior, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
0892-7553
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10905-010-9205-0