Abstract
Data suggest that a stable population colony investment sex ratio exists for the honey bee. As a consequence of the fissioning mode of colony reproduction, this investment ratio is best expressed in terms of the average population production of reproductive male (drone) biomass and the biomass of sterile workers. A tentative model for a populational investment sex ratio based on Fisher's (1930) sex ratio hypothesis is presented in terms of colony seasonal drone and worker brood production and suggests a ratio for both populations tending toward 1:1.-from Authors
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 680-702 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | American Naturalist |
Volume | 124 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics