Czekońska K, Szentgyörgyi H, Tofilski A
Department of Pomology and Apiculture,Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Kraków,Al. 29. Listopada 54, 31-425, Kraków,Poland.
Bull Entomol Res. 2019 Jun;109(3):383-389. doi: 10.1017/S0007485318000664. Epub 2018 Sep 12.
In social insects such as the honey bee, the quality of drones at the time of their emergence can affect their maintenance in the colony until maturity. Body mass, wing size and wing asymmetry of emerging honey bee drones were measured and correlated with their life span in the colony and compared between individuals reaching maturity or not. The life span of drones differed among colonies in which they were maintained after emergence but not between colonies in which they were reared. More drones heavier at emergence reached sexual maturity at 15 days and had a longer life span compared with light-weight drones of lower mass. The size and symmetry of drone forewings was not correlated with their life span. Our results suggest that body mass at emergence is a good predictor of drone survival in the colony.
在诸如蜜蜂这样的群居昆虫中，雄蜂羽化时的质量会影响它们在蜂群中直至成熟的生存状况。对羽化后的蜜蜂雄蜂的体重、翅大小和翅不对称性进行了测量，并将其与它们在蜂群中的寿命相关联，同时对达到成熟或未达到成熟的个体进行了比较。雄蜂的寿命在羽化后饲养它们的蜂群之间存在差异，但在培育它们的蜂群之间没有差异。与体重较轻的雄蜂相比，更多羽化时较重的雄蜂在15天时达到性成熟且寿命更长。雄蜂前翅的大小和对称性与它们的寿命无关。我们的结果表明，羽化时的体重是雄蜂在蜂群中生存的一个良好预测指标。
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