Male Reproductive Parasitism: A Factor in the Africanization of European Honey-Bee Populations
- 31 May 1985
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 228 (4703), 1119-1121
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.228.4703.1119
Abstract
Africanized drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) migrate into European honey-bee colonies in large numbers, but Africanized colonies only rarely host drones from other colonies. This migration leads to a strong mating advantage for Africanized bees since it both inhibits European drone production and enhances Africanized drone production.Keywords
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