ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Royal Jelly, Ovariole
11 Jan 2018
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Why is swarming a critical time in the life cycle of a colony? understand these graphs - why do they appear as they do? colony decisions" during annual cycle (review) When to rear queens? regulated by production of queen pheromones and their transmission throughout the colony by messenger" bees. When does the swarm leave the nest? regulated by workers, with presence of queen cells and buzz runs" how does the swarm cluster? regulated by workers emitting nasonov pheromone (attraction scent) and presence of queen pheromones. Which virgin queen inherits the nest? regulated by queen age - rival queens are marked with queen fecal pheromone. Which males mate with the queen? unknown! What happens when the queen is of low quality" (old age, low number of stored sperm, injured, etc. )? supersedure. # facets in compound eyes stinger proboscis pollen basket (hind-leg) wax glands. 3000-4000 unbarbed shorter absent absent absent very large huge.
