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Effect of environmental condition during larval period on non-reproductive division of labour in adult honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

2014/13/B/NZ8/04705

Keywords:

honeybee rebel workers division of labour reproductive ground plan hypothesis (RGPH)

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Karolina Kuszewska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 7 - announced on 2014-03-17

Amount awarded: 624 920 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-02-11

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-02-10

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Autoklaw medyczny (8 000 PLN)
  2. Wytrząsarka typu vortex (1 000 PLN)
  3. Lupa binokularna z akcesoriami (50 000 PLN)
  4. Zestaw pipet automatycznych (6 341 PLN)
  5. Sprzęt komputerowy (6 000 PLN)
  6. Wytrząsarka do mikropłytek (6 000 PLN)
  7. Zamrażarka niskotemperaturowa (30 000 PLN)
  8. Termoblok (6 000 PLN)
  9. Wirówka (centryfuga) (6 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. Ecological stoichiometry of the honeybee: Pollen diversity and adequate species composition are needed to mitigate limitations imposed on the growth and development of bees by pollen quality
    Authors:
    Michał Filipiak , Karolina Kuszewska, Michel Asselman, Bożena Denisow, Ernest Stawiarz, Michał Woyciechowski, January Weiner
    Academic press:
    Plos One (rok: 2017, tom: 12(8): e0183236, strony: 45322), Wydawca: Plos
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0183236 - link to the publication
  2. Honeybee rebel workers invest less in risky foraging than normal workers
    Authors:
    Karolina Kuszewska, Krzysztof Miler, Michal Woyciechowski
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2018, tom: 8, strony: 9459), Wydawca: Nature publish group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-018-27844-w - link to the publication
  3. Honeybee workers with higher reproductive potential live longer lives
    Authors:
    Karolina Kuszewska, Krzysztof Miler, Wiktoria Rojek, Michal Woyciechowski
    Academic press:
    Experimental Gerontology (rok: 2017, tom: 98, strony: 45516), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.exger.2017.08.022 - link to the publication
  4. Reproduction of rebel workers in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies
    Authors:
    Karolina Kuszewska, Agnieszka Wącławska, Michal Woyciechowski
    Academic press:
    Apidologie (rok: 2018, tom: 49, strony: 162–17), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13592-017-0537-z - link to the publication
  5. Honeybee rebel workers preferentially respond to high concentrations of sucros
    Authors:
    Kuszewska Karolina, Krzysztof Miler, Michał Woyciechowski
    Academic press:
    Apidologie (rok: 2019, tom: 50, strony: 253-261), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13592-019-00641-8 - link to the publication