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Mating flights select for symmetry in honeybee drones (Apis mellifera).

Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Mar 2010

Jaffé Rodolfo, Moritz Robin F A

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Males of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) fly to specific drone congregation areas (DCAs), which virgin queens visit in order to mate. From the thousands of drones that are reared in a single colony, only very few succeed in copulating with a queen, and therefore, a strong selection is expected to act on adult drones during their mating flights. In consequence, the gathering of drones at DCAs may serve as an...

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PMID: 20012931
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0638-2

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