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Anniversary of a beekeeper's discovery of thelytoky in Cape honey bees
- Source :
- South African Journal of Science, Volume: 118, Issue: 11-12, Pages: 1-4, Published: DEC 2022
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022.
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Abstract
- SIGNIFICANCE: • 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 :
- G.W. Onions
Cape honey bees
reproductive parasitism
thelytoky
laying workers
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- South African Journal of Science, Volume: 118, Issue: 11-12, Pages: 1-4, Published: DEC 2022
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1575..ed10da1434e183270c79388d8a3d0e39