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Polyandry may mitigate the negative impact of reproductive interference among bumblebees in JapanNARA Subscribed
In social hymenopterans, monandry of the queen is an ancestral trait, and polyandry is a derived trait. Polyandry of the queen is the norm in a limited number of lineages, such as honeybees, leaf-cutting ants, Pogonomyrmex ants, and Vespula wasps, which presumably provide fitness advantages for the whole colony. The queen of the introduced bumblebee, Bombus terrestris , is polyandrous in Japan, whereas it is monandrous in nati...
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