PIPING BY QUEENS OF APIS-CERANA FABRICIUS 1793 AND APIS-KOSCHEVNIKOV V BUTTEL-REEPEN 1906

Authors
OTIS GW PATTON K TINGEK S
Citation
Gw. Otis et al., PIPING BY QUEENS OF APIS-CERANA FABRICIUS 1793 AND APIS-KOSCHEVNIKOV V BUTTEL-REEPEN 1906, Apidologie, 26(1), 1995, pp. 61-65
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,Entomology
Journal title
Apidologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00448435
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
61 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-8435(1995)26:1<61:PBQOAF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Piping queens of Apis cerana and A koschevnikovi were recorded in Saba h, Malaysia. The tooting calls of the 2 species were similar and consi sted of a single continuous call lasting 2-5 s. In contrast, A mellife ra queens give a 1-2 s tone followed by several shorter tones. Quackin g by an A koschevnikovi queen in a queen cell was very similar to the quacking reported for A mellifera except the tempo was more rapid (4.3 9 quacks/s vs 3.0 quacks/s).