Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions
Honeybees learn odor cues quickly and efficiently when visiting rewarding flowers. Memorization of these cues facilitates the localization and recognition of food sources during foraging flights. Bees can also use information gained inside the hive during social interactions with successful foragers...
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paper:paper_00281042_v94_n3_p218_Arenas2023-06-08T14:54:51Z Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions Apis mellifera Associative learning Foraging choice Information transfer Olfactory experiences flower visiting food preference foraging behavior honeybee learning odor olfactory cue social behavior animal behavior animal experiment article decision making feeding behavior food storage foraging behavior honeybee insect swarm learning nonhuman odor sensory stimulation stimulus response Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Feeding Behavior Flowers Honey Learning Odors Apis mellifera Apoidea Honeybees learn odor cues quickly and efficiently when visiting rewarding flowers. Memorization of these cues facilitates the localization and recognition of food sources during foraging flights. Bees can also use information gained inside the hive during social interactions with successful foragers. An important information cue that can be learned during these interactions is food odor. However, little is known about how floral odors learned in the hive affect later decisions of foragers in the field. We studied the effect of food scent on foraging preferences when this learning is acquired directly inside the hive. By using in-hive feeders that were removed 24 h before the test, we showed that foragers use the odor information acquired during a 3-day stimulation period with a scented solution during a food-choice situation outside the nest. This bias in food preference is maintained even 24 h after the replacement of all the hive combs. Thus, without being previously collected outside by foragers, food odors learned within the hive can be used during short-range foraging flights. Moreover, correct landings at a dual-choice device after replacing the storing combs suggests that long-term memories formed within the colony can be retrieved while bees search for food in the field. © 2006 Springer-Verlag. 2007 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v94_n3_p218_Arenas http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00281042_v94_n3_p218_Arenas |
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Apis mellifera Associative learning Foraging choice Information transfer Olfactory experiences flower visiting food preference foraging behavior honeybee learning odor olfactory cue social behavior animal behavior animal experiment article decision making feeding behavior food storage foraging behavior honeybee insect swarm learning nonhuman odor sensory stimulation stimulus response Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Feeding Behavior Flowers Honey Learning Odors Apis mellifera Apoidea |
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Apis mellifera Associative learning Foraging choice Information transfer Olfactory experiences flower visiting food preference foraging behavior honeybee learning odor olfactory cue social behavior animal behavior animal experiment article decision making feeding behavior food storage foraging behavior honeybee insect swarm learning nonhuman odor sensory stimulation stimulus response Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Feeding Behavior Flowers Honey Learning Odors Apis mellifera Apoidea Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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Apis mellifera Associative learning Foraging choice Information transfer Olfactory experiences flower visiting food preference foraging behavior honeybee learning odor olfactory cue social behavior animal behavior animal experiment article decision making feeding behavior food storage foraging behavior honeybee insect swarm learning nonhuman odor sensory stimulation stimulus response Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Feeding Behavior Flowers Honey Learning Odors Apis mellifera Apoidea |
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Honeybees learn odor cues quickly and efficiently when visiting rewarding flowers. Memorization of these cues facilitates the localization and recognition of food sources during foraging flights. Bees can also use information gained inside the hive during social interactions with successful foragers. An important information cue that can be learned during these interactions is food odor. However, little is known about how floral odors learned in the hive affect later decisions of foragers in the field. We studied the effect of food scent on foraging preferences when this learning is acquired directly inside the hive. By using in-hive feeders that were removed 24 h before the test, we showed that foragers use the odor information acquired during a 3-day stimulation period with a scented solution during a food-choice situation outside the nest. This bias in food preference is maintained even 24 h after the replacement of all the hive combs. Thus, without being previously collected outside by foragers, food odors learned within the hive can be used during short-range foraging flights. Moreover, correct landings at a dual-choice device after replacing the storing combs suggests that long-term memories formed within the colony can be retrieved while bees search for food in the field. © 2006 Springer-Verlag. |
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Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions |
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2007 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v94_n3_p218_Arenas http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00281042_v94_n3_p218_Arenas |
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