Mortality rates of honey bees in the wild

By R. Dukas. Insectes Sociaux, 2008

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Dynamic modelling of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony growth and failure (2013, background): “he colony typically operates as a clean, hygienic, well provisioned nd well-defended fortress, and consequently the mortality of bees orking exclusively within the colony is very low (Dukas, 2008; akagami, 1968; Winston, 1987).”
Life expectancy and onset of foraging in the honeybee (Apis mellifera) (2009, background): “…Jeanne (1986) and Tofilski (2002) showed that different tasks with different risk levels and ageing of workers (Behrends et al., 2007; Remolina et al., 2007; Dukas, 2008; but see Rueppell et al., 2007a) create conditions for the evolution of a division of labour based on age polyethism.”
Senescence in natural populations of animals: Widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (2012, background): “In addition, age-related increases in wing damage and mortality risk, as well as declining foraging performance with age indicate senescence in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) foraging in the wild (Dukas, 2008a,b; Higginson and Barnard, 2004).”