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No worker reproduction in the Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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Brood of the Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria was investigated using microsatellites to determine the origin of males. Genotypes of over 1800 males sampled from ten unrelated colonies were consistent with the hypothesis that the resident queen was the sole mother of the males and that workers, either natal or non-natal (parasitic), did not contribute to the production of males. Dissections of 300 workers from a total of four colonies showed that ovaries are present but not activated.

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  1. Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences A12, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    R. S. Gloag, M. Beekman & B. P. Oldroyd

  2. CSIRO Division of Entomology, Long Pocket Laboratories, 120 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, Qld, 4068, Australia

    T. A. Heard

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Correspondence to R. S. Gloag.

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Received 6 June 2007; revised 20 August 2007; accepted 12 September 2007.

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Gloag, R.S., Beekman, M., Heard, T.A. et al. No worker reproduction in the Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Insect. Soc. 54, 412–417 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0961-6

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