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COMPARATIVE BIONOMICS OF TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL BUMBLE BEES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BOMBUS EPHIPPIATUS (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Terence M. Laverty  and
R.C. Plowright
Terence M. Laverty
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
R.C. Plowright
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
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Abstract

In laboratory colonies, 8 temperate Bombus Latreille species and the tropical montane species, B. ephippiatus Say, had significantly more first-brood workers, more rapid worker development time, and faster rates of worker production than the tropical lowland species, B. atratus Franklin. Bombus ephippiatus did not differ from most temperate species in any of the 3 characters. Differences in these bionomic characters among arctic, temperate, and tropical Bombus are assessed in terms of latitudinal trends.

Résumé

Lors d'études de laboratoire, 8 espèces tempérées de Bombus Latreille et une espèce tropicale de montagne, B. ephippiatus Say, ont pu être caractérisées par leur nombre significativement plus élevé d'ouvrières de première génération, le développement plus rapide de leurs ouvrières, et leur production plus rapide d'ouvrières, que l'espèce tropicale de basse altitude, B. atratus Franklin. Pour ces 3 caractères, B. ephippiatus n'a pas montré de différence avec la majorité des espèces tempérées. Les différences observées pour ces caractères bionomiques entre espèces arctiques, tempérées et tropicales de Bombus sont examinées pour la présence de tendances latitudinales.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 4 , April 1985 , pp. 467 - 474
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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