巢房容积对工蜂几种主要形态特征的影响

THE EFFECTS OF CELL CAPACITY ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF HONEYBEE WORKERS

巢房是蜜蜂哺育、繁殖后代的场所,蜂群的所有成员个体从卵期到成蜂羽化出房都是在巢房中进行生长发育的(王台不过是一种比较特殊的巢房而已),因此,巢房与蜂群的繁殖及个体发育有着紧密的联系。日常的蜂群管理过程中常常可以看到:同一蜂群刚刚羽化出房的个体中,有的细小体质纤弱,有的个体个体硕大体质健壮,这是否由于各巢房容积之间存在的差异所造成的呢?我们知道:新巢脾的巢房容积较大,而且大小比较一致,而旧巢脾上的巢房由于幼虫茧衣等物的不断沉积,容积不断缩小。

Several main morphological characters of workers Apis mellifera liqurtica Spin emerging from either the cells of A.cerana cerana Fab.or A. mellifera liustica Spin were measured and compared.The result showed that the morpho- logical characters of the workers were seriously influenced by the capacity of ceils.The main morphogical characters between the workers are significantly different.The workers emerging from big cells are bigger than those from small cells.