Behavior of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) mutant, diminutive-wing

Peter C. Witherell and Harry H. Laidlaw

Hilgardia, 1977, vol. 45, issue 1

Abstract: The recessive mutant, diminutive-wing (di), discovered in 1966 at the University of California, Davis, has fore wings averaging 7.5 mm in length (79-4 percent of normal), wing area (right side) 17.3 mm2 (62.9 percent of normal), and a normal venation pattern. The queens have slightly convex wings and do not fly; thus they must be artificially inseminated. Some di workers and a few di queens uncouple their fore and hind wings.

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Date: 1977
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