Division of labor in a dynamic environment: response by honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) to graded changes in colony pollen stores

1999 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer H. Fewell ◽  
Susan M. Bertram
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Dynamic Environment

Behavioral and life-history components of division of labor in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 117-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Guzmán-Novoa ◽  
Robert E. Page ◽  
Norman E. Gary
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Honey Bees

scholarly journals Genetic underpinnings of division of labor in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 641-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Michael G. Lattorff ◽  
Robin F.A. Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor

The effect of worker loss on temporal caste structure in colonies of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 777-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L. Winston ◽  
Linda A. Fergusson
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Caste Structure ◽  
Eggs And Larvae

The influence of colony population and brood area on worker longevity and foraging age were investigated in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L. Workers began foraging at younger ages and had shorter life-spans in colonies from which a majority of the worker population had been removed than in control colonies. This simulated loss in worker population was similar to naturally occurring events in feral colonies such as predation, swarming, nest damage, and (or) disease, as well as to some common management manipulations performed by beekeepers. Foraging age was negatively correlated with the area of eggs and larvae and was not correlated with pupal area. These results indicate that honeybee colonies are able to adjust temporal caste structure in response to rapid changes in colony conditions such as worker loss. The flexibility in temporal division of labor may be based on the inactive workers increasing their activity levels following stress by compressing the normal ontogeny of worker activities into a shorter time span.

scholarly journals Shotgun proteomics deciphered age/division of labor-related functional specification of three honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) exocrine glands

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. e0191344
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Fujita ◽  
Hiroko Kozuka-Hata ◽  
Yutaro Hori ◽  
Jun Takeuchi ◽  
Takeo Kubo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Shotgun Proteomics ◽  
Exocrine Glands ◽  
Functional Specification

scholarly journals Convergent eusocial evolution is based on a shared reproductive groundplan plus lineage-specific plastic genes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Warner ◽  
Lijun Qiu ◽  
Michael J. Holmes ◽  
Alexander S. Mikheyev ◽  
Timothy A. Linksvayer
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Monomorium Pharaonis ◽  
Body Segments ◽  
Novel Traits ◽  
Adult Body ◽  
Lineage Specific Genes ◽  
Genomic Basis

AbstractEusociality has convergently evolved multiple times, but the genomic basis of caste-based division of labor and degree to which independent origins of eusociality have utilized common genes remain largely unknown. Here we characterize caste-specific transcriptomic profiles across development and adult body segments from pharaoh ants (Monomorium pharaonis) and honey bees (Apis mellifera), representing two independent origins of eusociality. We identify a substantial shared core of genes upregulated in the abdomens of queen ants and honey bees that also tends to be upregulated in mated female flies, suggesting that these genes are part of a conserved insect reproductive groundplan. Outside of this shared groundplan, few genes are differentially expressed in common. Instead, the majority of the thousands of caste-associated genes are plastically-expressed, rapidly evolving, and relatively evolutionarily young. These results emphasize that the recruitment of both highly conserved and lineage-specific genes underlie the convergent evolution of novel traits such as eusociality.

Behavioral and life-history components of division of labor in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 409-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Guzm�n-Novoa ◽  
Robert?E. Page ◽  
Not Available Not Available ◽  
Norman?E. Gary
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Honey Bees

Racial Differences in Division of Labor in Colonies of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Ethology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Brillet ◽  
Gene E. Robinson ◽  
R. Bues ◽  
Yves Le Conte
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Honey Bee
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