ArticlePloS one2015
Age at which larvae are orphaned determines their development into typical or rebel workers in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.).
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- Age and attitude: How longevity influences cognitive biases in honeybee workers.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Morphology of Nasonov and Tergal Glands inInsects · 2022Article
- Reproductive Potential Accelerates Preimaginal Development of Rebel Workers inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (Insects · 2021Article
- Segmentation of the subcuticular fat body in Apis mellifera females with different reproductive potentials.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Rebel honeybee workers have a tendency to become intraspecific reproductive parasites.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Honeybee rebel workers invest less in risky foraging than normal workers.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- The dynamic association between ovariole loss and sterility in adult honeybee workers.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- A dietary phytochemical alters caste-associated gene expression in honey bees.Science advances · 2015Article
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Abstract
In the honeybee, diploid larvae fed with royal jelly develop into reproductive queens, whereas larvae fed with royal jelly for three days only and subsequently with honey and pollen develop into facultatively sterile workers. A recent study showed that worker larvae fed in a queenless colony develop into another female polyphenic form: rebel workers. These rebel workers are more queenlike and have greater reproductive potential than normal workers. However, it was unclear whether larvae orphaned at any time during their feeding period can develop into rebels. To answer this question, the anatomical features of newly emerged workers reared in queenless conditions at different ages during the larval period were evaluated. Our results showed that larvae orphaned during the final four or more days of their feeding life develop into rebel workers with more ovarioles in their ovaries, smaller hypopharyngeal glands, and larger mandibular and Dufour's glands compared with typical workers with low reproductive potential that were reared with a queen or orphaned at the third to last or a later day of feeding life.
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