Genotype and colony environment affect honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) development and foraging behavior

By T. Pankiw, R. Page. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2001

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Ovariole number—a predictor of differential reproductive success among worker subfamilies in queenless honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies (2006, background): “the colony level, this variability may contribute to enhanced efficiency in task performance by sets of specialist workers (Robinson and Page 1995 )a nd variation in behavioral development facilitating colonylevel flexibility in division of labor (Page et al. 1992; Pankiw and Page 1999, 2001 ).”
Adaptation, Genetic Drift, Pleiotropy, and History in the Evolution of Bee Foraging Behavior (2006, background): “The ‘‘high strain’’ colonies (those which hoarded more pollen) not only had more pollen foragers, and collected larger pollen loads (Pankiw and Page, 2001), but they also initiated foraging at a younger age and collected smaller and less concentrated nectar loads (Pankiw and Page, 2001).”
The Development and Evolution of Division of Labor and Foraging Specialization in a Social Insect (Apis mellifera L.) (2006, background): “Pankiw and Page (2001) demonstrated an average difference of about 10 days in a study of 12 host colonies.”