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Hi Chris & all
> > There are some indications that virgins are selective to a degree in the
> > males that they actually mate with and that this selectivity increases
with
> > the amount of racial difference.
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> Can you point to references for this statement?
The phenomena is not referenced as a separate subject, but is discussed in a
number of papers about polyandry and the evolution of polyandry. (Search for
these and 'mating preferences'). There was a great deal of discussion about
this around 25 years ago, Beowulf Cooper and John Inchley were among those
in the discussions. I remember that there was a distinct advantage of AMM
over Ligustica, with some suggestion that an AMM queen could use her sting
to burst a pumped up Italian drone that was in pursuit.
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Testing genetic variance hypotheses for the evolution of polyandry in the
honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)
P. Neumann , R.F.A. Moritz
Evolutionary aspects of the multiple mating phenomenon in honeybees are
addressed. For instance the relationship between the number of matings of
honeybee queens and their colony performance (Neumann & Moritz 2000,
Insectes soc) or the behavioural mating tactics of honeybee queens are
studied (Schlüns et al 2002, in review).
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There is mention of this selective mating in some work about Africanised
bees, with the thrust being that Scutellata can preferentially mate with
like drones. but I cannot find the specific paper in the sea of documents on
the subject.
I believe that Ben Oldroyd and perhaps Kellie palmer are interested in this,
if not working on it directly.
Best Regards & 73s, Dave Cushman... G8MZY
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