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The effect of enviromental condition during the larval period on the development of intraspecific parasitic reproductive behavior and learning abilities in adult honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.)

2016/23/B/NZ8/00803

Keywords:

honeybee. rebel workers worker reproductive parasitism intraspecific parasitism worker drift learning

Descriptors:

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

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: 2

Call: OPUS 12 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 619 600 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-11

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-01-10

Project duration:: 42 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer (laptop) (6 000 PLN)
  2. Switch.
  3. Drukarka.

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. Honeybee workers with higher reproductive potential have a greater learning ability
    Authors:
    Karolina Kuszewska, Wiktoria Rojek
    Academic press:
    Apidologie (rok: 2021, tom: first online, strony: 45303), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13592-021-00847-9 - link to the publication
  2. Rebel honeybee workers have a tendency to become intraspecific reproductive parasites
    Authors:
    Kuszewska K., Miler K., Rojek W., Ostap‐Chęć M., Woyciechowski M.
    Academic press:
    Ecology and Evolution (rok: 2018, tom: 8, strony: 11914-11920), Wydawca: Wiley Online Library
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ece3.4647 - link to the publication
  3. CO2 narcosis influences the memory of honey bees
    Authors:
    Daniel Stec; Karolina Kuszewska
    Academic press:
    Journal of Apiculture Research (rok: 2020, tom: 23, strony: 45297), Wydawca: Taulor & Francis Online
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/00218839.2019.1710028 - link to the publication
  4. Do rebel workers in the honeybee Apis mellifera avoid worker policing?
    Authors:
    Wiktoria Rojek; Karolina Kuszewska; Monika Ostap-Chęć; Michał Woyciechowski
    Academic press:
    Apidologie (rok: 2019, tom: 50, strony: 821-832), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13592-019-00689-6 - link to the publication