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dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Stephanieen_UK
dc.contributor.authorPark, Kirstyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGoulson, Daveen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-21T23:15:13Z-
dc.date.available2014-01-21T23:15:13Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2013-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/18382-
dc.description.abstractWild bumblebee colonies are hard to find and often inaccessible, so there have been few studies of the genetic structure of bumblebees within natural colonies, and hence, it is not clear how frequently events such as worker reproduction, worker drift and queen usurpation take place. This study aimed to quantify the occurrence of natal-worker reproduction, worker drift and drifter reproduction within 14 wild colonies of Bombus terrestris in Central Scotland. Four unlinked microsatellites were used to identify patterns of relatedness of the colonies' adults and broods. In colonies with queens (queenright colonies), worker reproduction accounted for just 0.83 % of males, increasing to 12.11 % in queenless colonies. Four colonies contained a total of six workers which were not daughters of the queen, and were assumed to be drifters, and four male offspring of drifters. Drifting is clearly not common and results in few drifter offspring overall, although drifters produced approximately seven times more offspring per capita than workers that remained in their natal colony. Unexpectedly, two colonies contained clusters of sister workers and juvenile offspring that were not sisters to the rest of the adults or brood found in the colonies, demonstrating probable egg dumping by queens. A third colony contained a queen which was not a sister or daughter to the other bees in the colony. Although usurping of bumblebee colonies by queens in early season is well documented, this appears to be the first record of egg dumping, and it remains unclear whether it is being carried out by old queens or newly mated young queens.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationO'Connor S, Park K & Goulson D (2013) Worker drift and egg dumping by queens in wild Bombus terrestris colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67 (4), pp. 621-627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1481-1en_UK
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dc.subjectEgg dumpingen_UK
dc.subjectDriftingen_UK
dc.subjectBombusen_UK
dc.subjectColony parasitismen_UK
dc.titleWorker drift and egg dumping by queens in wild Bombus terrestris coloniesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-31en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2013.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00265-013-1481-1en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1432-0762en_UK
dc.citation.issn0340-5443en_UK
dc.citation.volume67en_UK
dc.citation.issue4en_UK
dc.citation.spage621en_UK
dc.citation.epage627en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailk.j.park@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000316118400010en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84874931645en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid673914en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-6080-7197en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-04-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2014-01-21en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorO'Connor, Stephanie|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorPark, Kirsty|0000-0001-6080-7197en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGoulson, Dave|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2999-12-31en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenameBehav Ecol Sociobiol 2013.pdfen_UK
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local.rioxx.source0340-5443en_UK
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