Nunes-Silva P, Imperatriz-Fonseca V L, Gonçalves L S
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências,Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Genet Mol Res. 2009;8(2):649-54. doi: 10.4238/vol8-2kerr026.
We investigated hygienic behavior in 10 colonies of Plebeia remota, using the pin-killed method. After 24 h the bees had removed a mean of 69.6% of the dead brood. After 48 h, the bees had removed a mean of 96.4% of the dead brood. No significant correlation was found between the size of the brood comb and the number of dead pupae removed, and there was no apparent effect of the origin and the condition of the colony on the hygienic behavior of the bees. Plebeia remota has an efficiency of hygienic behavior superior to that of three of the other four stingless bee species studied until now.
我们采用针刺致毙法，对10个光足侧盾斑蜂蜂群的卫生行为进行了调查。24小时后，蜜蜂平均清除了69.6%的死幼虫。48小时后，蜜蜂平均清除了96.4%的死幼虫。未发现巢脾大小与清除的死蛹数量之间存在显著相关性，且蜂群的来源和状况对蜜蜂的卫生行为没有明显影响。光足侧盾斑蜂的卫生行为效率高于目前所研究的其他四种无刺蜂中的三种。
