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- Title
Anniversary of a beekeeper's discovery of thelytoky in Cape honey bees.
- Authors
Mumoki, Fiona N.; Pirk, Christian W. W.; Yusuf, Abdullahi A.; Crewe, Robin M.
- Abstract
The laying workers of the Cape honey bee continue to negatively affect the South African beekeeping industry, with more losses suffered in the northern regions of the country. • The reproductive parasites enter susceptible host colonies, activate their ovaries, and lay diploid eggs, leading to colony dwindling and collapse. • Diploidy in eggs produced by unmated laying workers arises from thelytokous parthenogenesis, first discovered in honey bees by a hobbyist beekeeper. • We examine the consequences of thelytokous parthenogenesis and outline what is being done to understand and limit the spread of the laying workers of the Cape honey bee.
- Subjects
HONEYBEES; BEEKEEPERS; DIPLOIDY; PARTHENOGENESIS; BEEKEEPING; ANNIVERSARIES
- Publication
South African Journal of Science, 2022, Vol 118, Issue 11/12, p7
- ISSN
0038-2353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17159/sajs.2022/14126