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Mating Frequencies of Eastern Honey Bee (Apis cerana) Queens Produced in Different Periods of Queen-Producing Season

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作者： Chunying Yuan;Jiao Tang;Guiling Ding;Jiaxing Huang

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关键词： Apis cerana;heterozygosity;inbreeding coefficient;mating frequency;queen

期刊名称： Diversity

ISSN： 1424-2818

年卷期： 2025 年 17 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCIE（2025版）

摘要： Polyandry is widespread among eusocial Hymenoptera, and the honey bee is a typical representative of this. It has been widely shown that polyandry can confer benefits to queens and their offspring, including enhanced productivity and fitness, stronger resistance to pathogens, and resilient division of labor, which promotes colony-level homeostasis. A previous study conducted in Australia demonstrated that 33.8% commercial Apis mellifera queens produced in autumn were not adequately mated. Beekeepers of Apis cerana in China also claimed that the queens reared in autumn are inferior to those reared in spring. To confirm whether the quality difference of queens produced in different periods is related to their mating frequency, we estimated the observed mating frequency (k) and the effective mating frequency (me) of A. cerana queens produced at the beginning and end of the queen production season in Liaoning Province. We found that all the queens were suitably mated and there was no significant difference in the mating frequency between early spring queens and late summer queens. In addition, our study indicated that the queens and their offspring workers owned a high level of heterozygosity and their inbreeding coefficients were universally low. Further studies on the queens’ performance and health are required to verify the statement that the queens reared in autumn are not as good as those reared in spring.

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