Anniversary of a beekeeper's discovery of thelytoky in Cape honey bees
SIGNIFICANCE: • The laying workers of the Cape honey bee continue to negatively affect the South African beekeeping industry, with more losses suffered in the northern regions of the country • The reproductive parasites enter susceptible host colonies, activate their ovaries, and lay diploid eggs, leading to colony dwindling and collapse. • Diploidy in eggs produced by unmated laying workers arises from thelytokous parthenogenesis, first discovered in honey bees by a hobbyist beekeeper. • We examine the consequences of thelytokous parthenogenesis and outline what is being done to understand and limit the spread of the laying workers of the Cape honey bee.
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| Formato: | Digital revista |
| Idioma: | English |
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Academy of Science of South Africa
2022
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| Acesso em linha: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0038-23532022000800006 |
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