蜜蜂工蜂卵巢发育的影响因素

Review of ovary development in honey bee workers

正常的蜂群中,工蜂主要职能是采集、防卫、清理巢内卫生等,而产卵、繁育后代则主要是由蜂王来完成。但是在特定的条件下,如蜂群出现失王、环境条件改变等异常情况时,蜂群中工蜂的卵巢便开始发育并产下未受精卵。本文将从蜂王、蜂群饲料、气候等几个方面来综述影响工蜂卵巢发育的几个影响因子,旨在为养蜂生产提供指导。

In honeybee colonies, there are three types of bees（Apis millifera） in a hive： female workers, male drones and a female queen. The queen lays the majority of the eggs. While workers do everything but laying eggs and mating. They clean, defend and repair the comb and gather and store food such as nectar, pollen, and water. When the colony faces some abnormal conditions like loss of the queen,worker ovaries often develop and pro- duce eggs. These eggs develop into males and the colony will eventually break down. Several of the factors influ- encing the worker＇s ovarian development incuding presence of the queen , food availability,and climate are reviewed in this paper.