Continuous monitoring the Queen loss of honey bee colonies

文献类型: 外文期刊

第一作者: Lu, Yuntao

作者: Lu, Yuntao;Liu, Shengping;Hong, Wei;Hong, Wei;Fang, Yu;Wang, Ying;Liu, Zhenguo;Wang, Hongfang;Xu, Baohua;Lu, Chuanqi

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关键词: Honeybee; Queen loss; Apis mellifera; Colony health; Colony state; Colony monitoring system

期刊名称:BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING ( 影响因子:4.4; 五年影响因子:5.2 )

ISSN: 1537-5110

年卷期: 2024 年 244 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: The queen bee is the core member of a bee colony, and her loss will pose a great threat to the survival of the colony that may cause colony collapse. However, the process by which queen bee loss affects the internal social state of the bee colony remains unclear. In this paper, we used a multi-sensors system to continually monitor colonies with queen loss and regularly checked their biological status. Our results show that the queen loss initially caused a rapid decrease in brood rearing and changed the foraging strategy of the colony, leading to an increase in food storage. Also the population decline is difficult to reverse in a short time, even if the queen is naturally replaced. This study emphasises the impact of queen bee loss on the operation of the bee colony social system, and elucidates the interconnectedness of the bee colony social system.

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