Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera

In this BEEBOOK paper we present a set of established methods for quantifying honey bee behaviour. We start with general methods for preparing bees for behavioural assays. Then we introduce assays for quantifying sensory responsiveness to gustatory, visual and olfactory stimuli. Presentation of more...

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Autor principal:	Farina, Walter Marcelo
Publicado:	2013
Materias:	Appetitive learning Associative learning Aversive learning BEEBOOK BeeScan Behaviour COLOSS Free-flying honey bees Gustatory responsiveness Harmonic radar Honey bee Honey bee dance Honey bee flight Honey bee mating Honey bee navigation Locomotion Non-associative learning Observation hive Olfactory responsiveness Phototaxis RFID Temperature sensing
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00218839_v52_n4_p_Scheiner http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00218839_v52_n4_p_Scheiner
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	paper:paper_00218839_v52_n4_p_Scheiner2023-06-08T14:42:36Z Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera Farina, Walter Marcelo Appetitive learning Associative learning Aversive learning BEEBOOK BeeScan Behaviour COLOSS Free-flying honey bees Gustatory responsiveness Harmonic radar Honey bee Honey bee dance Honey bee flight Honey bee mating Honey bee navigation Locomotion Non-associative learning Observation hive Olfactory responsiveness Phototaxis RFID Temperature sensing In this BEEBOOK paper we present a set of established methods for quantifying honey bee behaviour. We start with general methods for preparing bees for behavioural assays. Then we introduce assays for quantifying sensory responsiveness to gustatory, visual and olfactory stimuli. Presentation of more complex behaviours like appetitive and aversive learning under controlled laboratory conditions and learning paradigms under free-flying conditions will allow the reader to investigate a large range of cognitive skills in honey bees. Honey bees are very sensitive to changing temperatures. We therefore present experiments which aim at analysing honey bee locomotion in temperature gradients. The complex flight behaviour of honey bees can be investigated under controlled conditions in the laboratory or with sophisticated technologies like harmonic radar or RFID in the field. These methods will be explained in detail in different sections. Honey bees are model organisms in behavioural biology for their complex yet plastic division of labour. To observe the daily behaviour of individual bees in a colony, classical observation hives are very useful. The setting up and use of typical observation hives will be the focus of another section. The honey bee dance language has important characteristics of a real language and has been the focus of numerous studies. We here discuss the background of the honey bee dance language and describe how it can be studied. Finally, the mating of a honey bee queen with drones is essential to survival of the entire colony. We here give detailed and structured information how the mating behaviour of drones and queens can be observed and experimentally manipulated. The ultimate goal of this chapter is to provide the reader with a comprehensive set of experimental protocols for detailed studies on all aspects of honey bee behaviour including investigation of pesticide and insecticide effects. © IBRA 2013. Fil:Farina, W.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2013 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00218839_v52_n4_p_Scheiner http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00218839_v52_n4_p_Scheiner
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topic	Appetitive learning Associative learning Aversive learning BEEBOOK BeeScan Behaviour COLOSS Free-flying honey bees Gustatory responsiveness Harmonic radar Honey bee Honey bee dance Honey bee flight Honey bee mating Honey bee navigation Locomotion Non-associative learning Observation hive Olfactory responsiveness Phototaxis RFID Temperature sensing
spellingShingle	Appetitive learning Associative learning Aversive learning BEEBOOK BeeScan Behaviour COLOSS Free-flying honey bees Gustatory responsiveness Harmonic radar Honey bee Honey bee dance Honey bee flight Honey bee mating Honey bee navigation Locomotion Non-associative learning Observation hive Olfactory responsiveness Phototaxis RFID Temperature sensing Farina, Walter Marcelo Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera
topic_facet	Appetitive learning Associative learning Aversive learning BEEBOOK BeeScan Behaviour COLOSS Free-flying honey bees Gustatory responsiveness Harmonic radar Honey bee Honey bee dance Honey bee flight Honey bee mating Honey bee navigation Locomotion Non-associative learning Observation hive Olfactory responsiveness Phototaxis RFID Temperature sensing
description	In this BEEBOOK paper we present a set of established methods for quantifying honey bee behaviour. We start with general methods for preparing bees for behavioural assays. Then we introduce assays for quantifying sensory responsiveness to gustatory, visual and olfactory stimuli. Presentation of more complex behaviours like appetitive and aversive learning under controlled laboratory conditions and learning paradigms under free-flying conditions will allow the reader to investigate a large range of cognitive skills in honey bees. Honey bees are very sensitive to changing temperatures. We therefore present experiments which aim at analysing honey bee locomotion in temperature gradients. The complex flight behaviour of honey bees can be investigated under controlled conditions in the laboratory or with sophisticated technologies like harmonic radar or RFID in the field. These methods will be explained in detail in different sections. Honey bees are model organisms in behavioural biology for their complex yet plastic division of labour. To observe the daily behaviour of individual bees in a colony, classical observation hives are very useful. The setting up and use of typical observation hives will be the focus of another section. The honey bee dance language has important characteristics of a real language and has been the focus of numerous studies. We here discuss the background of the honey bee dance language and describe how it can be studied. Finally, the mating of a honey bee queen with drones is essential to survival of the entire colony. We here give detailed and structured information how the mating behaviour of drones and queens can be observed and experimentally manipulated. The ultimate goal of this chapter is to provide the reader with a comprehensive set of experimental protocols for detailed studies on all aspects of honey bee behaviour including investigation of pesticide and insecticide effects. © IBRA 2013.
author	Farina, Walter Marcelo
author_facet	Farina, Walter Marcelo
author_sort	Farina, Walter Marcelo
title	Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera
title_short	Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera
title_full	Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera
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title_full_unstemmed	Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera
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Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera

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