雌性个体间的生殖分工是蜜蜂社会的典型特征之一。在蜂王信息素、幼虫信息素及工蜂监督的共同作用下,蜂群的生殖权由仅有的一只蜂王垄断。但是,海角蜂群、海角蜂寄生蜂群、无政府主义蜂群、无王群和多王群却具有特殊的生殖分工体系。本文对这些蜂群的生殖分工特征进行了介绍。
Honeybee colonies are characterized by the reproductive division of labour among female individuals. Maintaining by the combined effects of queen pheromone, larvae pheromone and work policing,reproduction is monopolized by a queen in a honeybee colony. However,the reproductive division of labour is special in honeybee colonies of Apis mellifera capensis, colonies parasitized by A. m. capensis workers, anarchistic colonies, queenless colonies and multiple queen colonies. The reproductive division of labour in these colonies is introduced in this paper.