Contribution à l'étude du polyéthisme chez les bourdons, Bombus Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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Les ouvrières de bourdons accomplissent une série ontogénique de tâches durarit leur vie. Il y a progression des tâches de nourrices vers celles de butineuses à mesure que les ouvrières vieillissent, mais la relation entre la nature du travail exécuté par une ouvrière et son âge est moins stricte que chez l'abeille domestique. Le polymorphisme des ouvrières de Bombus, plus ou moins marqué selon les espèces, nous a conduit à considérer les relations entre la taille des ouvrières et les fonctions qu'elles assument, ainsi que la répartition des tâches parmi les butineuses. Bombus-polyethisme-âge-taille-polymorphisme Summary-Contribution to the study of polyethism In Bumblebees, Bombus Latr. (Hyme-noptera, Apidee). The first purpose of our work was to establish a relationship between the changeover from one social function to another and the age of workers in Bombus lucorum L., Pyro-bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius L. and Megabombus (Thoracobombus) pascuorum Scop. colonies. We also considered the relationship between the size of workers and the division of labour in species which exhibit a more or less marked polymorphism. Initially, all the workers are nurses. Some remain so throughout their life, while others change speciality and become foragers. The mean age from which most workers effect their first departure takes place on the 7th or 8th day in B. lucorum and P. lapidarius. Most of the first departures in M. pascuorum workers take place on the 6th day for the bigger individuals, and on the l3th or 14th day for the smaller ones. The modification of behaviour is achieved earlier in big workers than in small

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Pouvreau, A. (1989). Contribution à l’étude du polyéthisme chez les bourdons, Bombus Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Apidologie, 20(3), 229–244. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19890305

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