Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive
Recent studies showed that nectar odors brought back by honeybee foragers can be learned associatively inside the hive. In the present study, we focused on the learning abilities of bees, which directly interact via trophallaxis with the incoming nectar foragers: the workers that perform nectar-rece...
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paper:paper_00281042_v94_n1_p55_Farina2023-06-08T14:54:51Z Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive Farina, Walter Marcelo Mc Cabe, Sofía Inés Floral odorants Foragers Honeybees Nonanal Phenylacetaldehyde sugar acetaldehyde alkane foraging behavior honeybee learning memory nectar odor olfaction trophallaxis article behavioral science comparative study controlled study feeding behavior forager foraging frequency analysis honeybee learning nectar nonhuman odor organism colony social behavior Animal Feed Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Flowers Odors Smell Social Behavior Apis mellifera Apoidea Recent studies showed that nectar odors brought back by honeybee foragers can be learned associatively inside the hive. In the present study, we focused on the learning abilities of bees, which directly interact via trophallaxis with the incoming nectar foragers: the workers that perform nectar-receiving tasks inside the hive. Workers that have received food directly from foragers coming back from a feeder offering either unscented or scented sugar solution [phenylacetaldehyde (PHE) or nonanal diluted] were captured from two observational hives, and their olfactory memories were tested using the proboscis extension response paradigm. Bees that have received scented solution from incoming foragers showed significantly increased response frequencies for the corresponding solution odor in comparison with those that have received unscented solution. No differences in the response frequencies were found between food odors and colonies. The results indicate that first-order receivers learn via trophallaxis the association between the scent and the sugar solution transferred by incoming foragers. The implications of these results should be considered at three levels: the operational cohesion of bees involved in foraging-related tasks, the information propagation inside the hive related to the floral type exploited, and the putative effect of these memories on future preferences for resources. © 2006 Springer-Verlag. Fil:Farina, W.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Mc Cabe, S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2007 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v94_n1_p55_Farina http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00281042_v94_n1_p55_Farina |
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Floral odorants Foragers Honeybees Nonanal Phenylacetaldehyde sugar acetaldehyde alkane foraging behavior honeybee learning memory nectar odor olfaction trophallaxis article behavioral science comparative study controlled study feeding behavior forager foraging frequency analysis honeybee learning nectar nonhuman odor organism colony social behavior Animal Feed Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Flowers Odors Smell Social Behavior Apis mellifera Apoidea |
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Floral odorants Foragers Honeybees Nonanal Phenylacetaldehyde sugar acetaldehyde alkane foraging behavior honeybee learning memory nectar odor olfaction trophallaxis article behavioral science comparative study controlled study feeding behavior forager foraging frequency analysis honeybee learning nectar nonhuman odor organism colony social behavior Animal Feed Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Flowers Odors Smell Social Behavior Apis mellifera Apoidea Farina, Walter Marcelo Mc Cabe, Sofía Inés Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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Floral odorants Foragers Honeybees Nonanal Phenylacetaldehyde sugar acetaldehyde alkane foraging behavior honeybee learning memory nectar odor olfaction trophallaxis article behavioral science comparative study controlled study feeding behavior forager foraging frequency analysis honeybee learning nectar nonhuman odor organism colony social behavior Animal Feed Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Flowers Odors Smell Social Behavior Apis mellifera Apoidea |
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Recent studies showed that nectar odors brought back by honeybee foragers can be learned associatively inside the hive. In the present study, we focused on the learning abilities of bees, which directly interact via trophallaxis with the incoming nectar foragers: the workers that perform nectar-receiving tasks inside the hive. Workers that have received food directly from foragers coming back from a feeder offering either unscented or scented sugar solution [phenylacetaldehyde (PHE) or nonanal diluted] were captured from two observational hives, and their olfactory memories were tested using the proboscis extension response paradigm. Bees that have received scented solution from incoming foragers showed significantly increased response frequencies for the corresponding solution odor in comparison with those that have received unscented solution. No differences in the response frequencies were found between food odors and colonies. The results indicate that first-order receivers learn via trophallaxis the association between the scent and the sugar solution transferred by incoming foragers. The implications of these results should be considered at three levels: the operational cohesion of bees involved in foraging-related tasks, the information propagation inside the hive related to the floral type exploited, and the putative effect of these memories on future preferences for resources. © 2006 Springer-Verlag. |
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Farina, Walter Marcelo Mc Cabe, Sofía Inés |
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Farina, Walter Marcelo Mc Cabe, Sofía Inés |
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Farina, Walter Marcelo |
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Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive |
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2007 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v94_n1_p55_Farina http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00281042_v94_n1_p55_Farina |
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