caa a22 4500 465782272 CHVBK 20180323111958.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00171096 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00171096 Intracolonial behavioral variation in worker oviposition, oophagy, and larval care in queenless honey bee colonies [Elektronische Daten] [Gene Robinson, Robert Page Jr., M. Fondrk] Summary: Two experiments were performed to determine whether worker reproduction in queenless honey bee colonies is influenced by colony genetic structure. In Experiment 1, allozyme analyses of workers and worker-derived drone larvae revealed that in half the colonies, there were genotypic differences in worker egg-laying behavior (presumed to involve actual oviposition), but biases in drone production were not always consistent with biases in egg-laying behavior. In Experiment 2, allozyme analyses again revealed intracolonial differences in egg-laying behavior and in behavior patterns thought to involve oophagy and larval care. Data support the hypothesis of a genetic influence on this intracolonial behavioral variation. Differences in the genotypic distributions of worker-derived drones relative to workers engaged in oviposition behavior in queenless colonies may be a consequence of genetic variability for egg production or for treatment of eggs and larvae (possibly coupled with kin recognition), or both. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Robinson Gene Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 43210-1220, Columbus, OH, USA aut Page Jr. Robert Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 43210-1220, Columbus, OH, USA aut Fondrk M. Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 43210-1220, Columbus, OH, USA aut Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 26/5(1990-05-01), 315-323 0340-5443 26:5<315 1990 26 265 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171096 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171096 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson Gene Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 43210-1220, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Page Jr Robert Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 43210-1220, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fondrk M. Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 43210-1220, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 26/5(1990-05-01), 315-323 0340-5443 26:5<315 1990 26 265 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer