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Relations antérieures et association de fondation chezPolistes gallicus L.

Former relations and foundress association in Polistes gallicus L.

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Pour éprouver l'effet de la mise en contact précoce et prolongée de fondatrices potentielles dePolistes gallicus sur la formation des associations de fondation, on compare les associations obtenues dans deux situations:

  • - d'une part entre guêpes nées sur un même nid et ayant hiverné ensemble;

  • - d'autre part, entre guêpes ne s'étant jamais recontrées.

Les nombres d'associations observés dans les deux cas ne sont pas significativement différents. On peut en conclure à l'indépendance de l'expérience précoce des guêpes et du mode de formation des associations de fondation. Dans la nature, le haut degré de parenté entre guêpes associées résulterait d'un phénomène de retour sur les lieux de naissance plutôt que d'une discrimination des compagnes de nid ou d'hivernage.

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In order to study the effect of early relations between foundresses ofPolistes gallicus on the formation of polygynic associations, associations obtained in two situations were compared:

  • - between former nestmates taken out of the same hibernation group;

  • - between unrelated wasps which have had no prior contact.

The numbers of associations observed in both cases were not significantly different. Apparently, the tendency to associate is not influenced by the early experience of foundresses. In the field, the closeness of foundresses relatedness would result from a tendency to return to the home site rather than a discrimination of nestmates or hibernation mates.

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Pratte, M. Relations antérieures et association de fondation chezPolistes gallicus L.. Ins. Soc 29, 352–357 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02228762

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