摘要
Known nocturnal behaviors of bees in the superfamily Apoidea, including the genus Bombus, were almost exclusively of females. Here we report observations of active free-ranging male Bombus at night in the plant nursery of the Fushan Research Center, Taiwan, in April 2022. Nectar feeding by males at inflorescences was confirmed by tongue-licking in the absence of pollen collecting. The numbers of active female and male bumblebees during the daytime were close to equal. In contrast, only males were found to be active in the night. Our observations suggest that such nocturnal activity is facultative. This finding not only provides a rare case of nocturnal activity in free-ranging Bombus, but also demonstrates that such behaviors can vary between the sexes.
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 949-954 |
頁數 | 6 |
期刊 | Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
卷 | 96 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 2023 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 生態學、進化論、行為學與系統學
- 動物科學與動物學
- 昆蟲科學
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Supplementary material 3 from: Hsieh Y-C, Huang JC-C, Yeh W-C, Tsai C-Y, Lin C-J, Lu S-S (2023) Male-biased night foraging by bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus spp.) in Taiwan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 949-954. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.113486
Hsieh, Y. (Contributor), Huang, C. J. (Contributor), Yeh, W. (Contributor), Tsai, C. (Contributor), Lin, C. (Contributor) & Lu, S. (Contributor), Zenodo, 2023 11月 9
DOI: 10.3897/jhr.96.113486.suppl3, https://zenodo.org/records/10089594
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