Discrimination of nestmate workers and drones in honeybees |
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| Authors: | W H Kirchner R Gadagkar |
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| Institution: | (1) Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany;(2) Indian Institute of Science, Centre for Ecological Sciences, 560012 Bangalore, India |
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| Abstract: | Summary Discrimination of nestmates from non-nestmates has mainly been investigated in female social insects. Little is known about discrimination of males. Here we show that under natural conditions at the nest entrance, honeybee workers can discriminate nestmate drones from non-nestmate drones as effectively as they can discriminate nestmate workers from non-nestmate workers. |
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| Keywords: | Nestmate discrimination sociobiology Apis mellifera |
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