Q55 - Digger Bee Alternative Mating Strategies
Refer to the question paper for figures and tables.
a. Mate-location behavior exhibited by the bees can be predicted across the head widths studied.
b. Hovering males are unsuccessful in attaining mating success.
c. Male bees with smaller head width generally hover rather than patrol, even though large males do most of the mating.
d. Females who emerge when hovering males are fighting escape and fly off to flowering trees where they become potential mates for patrolling males.