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MUMOKI, Fiona N.; PIRK, Christian W.W.; YUSUF, Abdullahi A.  y  CREWE, Robin M.. Anniversary of a beekeeper's discovery of thelytoky in Cape honey bees. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2022, vol.118, n.11-12, pp.1-4. ISSN 1996-7489.  https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/14126.

SIGNIFICANCE: • The laying workers of the Cape honey bee continue to negatively affect the South African beekeeping industry, with more losses suffered in the northern regions of the country • The reproductive parasites enter susceptible host colonies, activate their ovaries, and lay diploid eggs, leading to colony dwindling and collapse. • Diploidy in eggs produced by unmated laying workers arises from thelytokous parthenogenesis, first discovered in honey bees by a hobbyist beekeeper. • We examine the consequences of thelytokous parthenogenesis and outline what is being done to understand and limit the spread of the laying workers of the Cape honey bee.

Palabras clave : G.W. Onions; thelytoky; Cape honey bees; laying workers; reproductive parasitism.

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