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ArticleScientific reports2023

Cross-mating between the alien bumblebee Bombus terrestris and two native Japanese bumblebees, B. hypocrita sapporensis and B. cryptarum florilegus, in the Nemuro Peninsula, Japan.

Ryohei Kubo, Yuine Asanuma, Erina Fujimoto, Hisashi Okuyama, Masato Ono, Jun-Ichi Takahashi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryohei KuboHoneybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University, 6-1-1, Tamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuine AsanumaFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo, Motoyama, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Erina FujimotoFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo, Motoyama, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Hisashi OkuyamaFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo, Motoyama, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Masato OnoHoneybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University, 6-1-1, Tamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo, Japan.
Jun-Ichi TakahashiFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo, Motoyama, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, Japan. jit@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp.
Kyoto Sangyo University · JPTamagawa University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid naturalization of Bombus terrestris across the Nemuro Peninsula has led to a decline in two closely related native Japanese species, namely Bombus hypocrita sapporensis and Bombus cryptarum florilegus, both belonging to the common subgenus Bombus. Although it is widely believed that cross-mating of native and non-native species is influenced by the common male sex pheromone in this region, no study has been conducted to substantiate this claim. Thus, we investigated the cross-activities of male sex pheromones between native and non-native bumblebees, as well as the frequencies of cross-mating, using chemical and DNA assays. Our gas chromatography-electroantennographic detector analyses and behavioral tests revealed the presence of sex pheromonal cross-activities between B. terrestris and the two Japanese bumblebees species. Furthermore, DNA analyses revealed the occurrence of cross-mating between native and non-native species in the Nemuro Peninsula. Overall, these results indicate the immediate need for conservation measures to safeguard Japanese bumblebee populations in the Nemuro Peninsula.

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