Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae).
Apis dorsata colonies often form dense aggregations, with over 100 colonies sometimes seen in the same tree. Reasons for these aggregations are unknown, but one reasonable hypothesis is that colonies form a related family group. Here we show that 7 adjacent colonies sampled from a single branch of a...
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| author | Oldroyd, B. P. Osborne, K. E. Mardan, Makhdzir |
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| description | Apis dorsata colonies often form dense aggregations, with over 100 colonies sometimes seen in the same tree. Reasons for these aggregations are unknown, but one reasonable hypothesis is that colonies form a related family group. Here we show that 7 adjacent colonies sampled from a single branch of a tree (near Alor Setar in northern peninsular Malaysia) containing over 120 colonies were not related as mother/daughter. Thus the notion that aggregations arise through splitting of the first-arriving colonies can be rejected. |
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| spelling | upm-136272014-01-09T06:23:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13627/ Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Oldroyd, B. P. Osborne, K. E. Mardan, Makhdzir Apis dorsata colonies often form dense aggregations, with over 100 colonies sometimes seen in the same tree. Reasons for these aggregations are unknown, but one reasonable hypothesis is that colonies form a related family group. Here we show that 7 adjacent colonies sampled from a single branch of a tree (near Alor Setar in northern peninsular Malaysia) containing over 120 colonies were not related as mother/daughter. Thus the notion that aggregations arise through splitting of the first-arriving colonies can be rejected. Springer Verlag 2000 Article PeerReviewed Oldroyd, B. P. and Osborne, K. E. and Mardan, Makhdzir (2000) Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Insectes Sociaux, 47 (1). pp. 94-95. ISSN 0020-1812; ESSN: 1420-9098 10.1007/s000400050015 English |
| spellingShingle | Oldroyd, B. P. Osborne, K. E. Mardan, Makhdzir Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). |
| title | Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). |
| title_full | Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). |
| title_fullStr | Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). |
| title_short | Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). |
| title_sort | colony relatedness in aggregations of apis dorsata fabricius (hymenoptera, apidae). |
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