Apis florea workers show a prolonged period of nursing behavior

Among the many Hymenoptera and other insects col- lected on two biological diversity survey expeditions conducted by the Smithsonian Institution at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Horn

florea data on male flights per life- time, age at first flight, age at last flight, the re- productive flight window and total time spent in flight are the first to be reported for

dorsata using three different nestmate recognition bioassays (Breed, 2003) in order to better understand in- terspecific differences in expression of nest- mate recognition and

Canonical 1 and 2 scores plot from a dis- criminant analysis using the colony means of the same ten morphometric characters and the six countries with n >1 as the groups showed

mellifera (empty circle) workers that performed proboscis extension responses during conditioning trials (a), and in a retention test to the conditioned odor, geranyl acetate, after

There may also be non-adaptive causes of nest aggregations including: (i) a heteroge- nous distribution of suitable nesting sites or hazards like insecticide application; (ii)

Apis florea and Apis cerana workers do not discriminate between queen-laid and worker-laid Apis mellifera eggs..

(2002) and Oberursel (58 col- onies), the PC analysis using five common characters ((9+10), (17), CI, LEG and G18) revealed one morphocluster with two indistinct clusters of