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2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The origin of the worker behavior in the bees-The investigation by the individuals of less reproductive capacity produced from the artificial rearing-

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 21657010
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionShimane University

Principal Investigator

MIYANAGA Ryoichi  島根大学, 生物資源科学部, 准教授 (40335550)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2011
Keywords働きバチ / カースト / ワーカー / コハナバチ科
Research Abstract

Females of a bivoltine, basically solitary bee, Lasioglossum scitulum were reared in the greenhouse at the campus of Shimane University. The artificial nests were also used to manipulate the amount of larval food to produce "smaller" females artificially. The annual life cycle occurred at the small cage normally in the greenhouse. By using the newly developed artificial nest in this study, smaller females were obtained. The smaller females produed relatively low number of cells during the brood rearing period.

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Published: 2013-07-31  

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