Sex Ratio of Small Hive Beetles: The Role of Pupation and Adult Longevity
The sex ratio of sexually reproducing animal species tends to be 1:1, which is known as Fisher’s principle.However, differential mortality and intraspecific competition during pupation can result in a biased adult sex ratio in insects.The female-biased sex ratio of small hive beetles (SHBs) is known from both laboratory canon imageclass mf227