Crop scents affect the occurrence of trophallaxis among forager honeybees
Previous evidence indicates that the recognition of the nectar delivered by forager honeybees within the colony may have been a primitive method of communication on food resources. Thus, the association between scent and reward that nectar foragers establish while they collect on a given flower spec...
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todo:paper_03407594_v189_n5_p379_Gil2023-10-03T15:26:01Z Crop scents affect the occurrence of trophallaxis among forager honeybees Gil, M. Farina, W.M. Apis mellifera Foraging Information transfer Scents Trophallaxis sucrose animal animal behavior animal communication article bee catering service comparative study conditioning decision making eating feeding behavior male odor physiology social behavior time Animal Communication Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning (Psychology) Eating Feeding Behavior Food Supply Male Odors Social Behavior Sucrose Time Factors Previous evidence indicates that the recognition of the nectar delivered by forager honeybees within the colony may have been a primitive method of communication on food resources. Thus, the association between scent and reward that nectar foragers establish while they collect on a given flower species should be retrieved during trophallaxis, i.e., the transfer of liquid food by mouth, and, accordingly, foraging experience could affect the occurrence of these interactions inside the nest. We used experimental arenas to analyze how crop scents carried by donor bees affect trophallaxis among foragers, i.e., donors and receivers, which differ in their foraging experience. Results showed that whenever the foragers had collected unscented sugar solution from a feeder the presence of scents in the solution carried by donors did not affect the occurrence of trophallaxis nor its dynamics. In contrast, whenever the foragers had previous olfactory information, new scents present in the crop of the donors negatively affected the occurrence, but not the dynamics of trophallaxis. Thus, the association learned at the food source seems to be retrieved during trophallaxis, and it is possible that known scents present in the mouthparts of nest-mates may operate as a triggering stimulus to elicit trophallactic behavior within the hive. Fil:Gil, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Farina, W.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v189_n5_p379_Gil |
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Apis mellifera Foraging Information transfer Scents Trophallaxis sucrose animal animal behavior animal communication article bee catering service comparative study conditioning decision making eating feeding behavior male odor physiology social behavior time Animal Communication Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning (Psychology) Eating Feeding Behavior Food Supply Male Odors Social Behavior Sucrose Time Factors |
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Apis mellifera Foraging Information transfer Scents Trophallaxis sucrose animal animal behavior animal communication article bee catering service comparative study conditioning decision making eating feeding behavior male odor physiology social behavior time Animal Communication Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning (Psychology) Eating Feeding Behavior Food Supply Male Odors Social Behavior Sucrose Time Factors Gil, M. Farina, W.M. Crop scents affect the occurrence of trophallaxis among forager honeybees |
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Apis mellifera Foraging Information transfer Scents Trophallaxis sucrose animal animal behavior animal communication article bee catering service comparative study conditioning decision making eating feeding behavior male odor physiology social behavior time Animal Communication Animals Bees Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning (Psychology) Eating Feeding Behavior Food Supply Male Odors Social Behavior Sucrose Time Factors |
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Previous evidence indicates that the recognition of the nectar delivered by forager honeybees within the colony may have been a primitive method of communication on food resources. Thus, the association between scent and reward that nectar foragers establish while they collect on a given flower species should be retrieved during trophallaxis, i.e., the transfer of liquid food by mouth, and, accordingly, foraging experience could affect the occurrence of these interactions inside the nest. We used experimental arenas to analyze how crop scents carried by donor bees affect trophallaxis among foragers, i.e., donors and receivers, which differ in their foraging experience. Results showed that whenever the foragers had collected unscented sugar solution from a feeder the presence of scents in the solution carried by donors did not affect the occurrence of trophallaxis nor its dynamics. In contrast, whenever the foragers had previous olfactory information, new scents present in the crop of the donors negatively affected the occurrence, but not the dynamics of trophallaxis. Thus, the association learned at the food source seems to be retrieved during trophallaxis, and it is possible that known scents present in the mouthparts of nest-mates may operate as a triggering stimulus to elicit trophallactic behavior within the hive. |
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Crop scents affect the occurrence of trophallaxis among forager honeybees |
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Crop scents affect the occurrence of trophallaxis among forager honeybees |
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