蜜蜂（Apis mellifera）群体内部的化学感觉刺激的可变性：用于区分线索的差异条件反射测定法。

Variability of chemosensory stimuli within honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies: Differential conditioning assay for discrimination cues.

机构信息

Division of Biological Control and Department of Entomology, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California.

出版信息

J Chem Ecol. 1988 Jan;14(1):253-64. doi: 10.1007/BF01022545.

Abstract

Differential training of honeybee workers using the proboscis extension reflex is applied to the problem of evaluating compounds that may potentially provide cues for kin recognition in the honeybeeApis mellifera. These cues were obtained by contaminating glass rods and steel needles with different materials found in the hive. In particular it is shown that workers discriminate between: cuticular waxes from different adult workers; eggs from the same and different hives; similar aged larvae within the same hive; and needles contaminated with the Nasonov gland secretions of different adult workers. It appears that some of these differences are due to phenotypic variation among individuals that cannot be directly attributed to environmental factors.

摘要

使用触角延伸反射对蜜蜂工蜂进行差异训练，用于评估可能为蜜蜂（Apis mellifera）提供亲缘识别线索的化合物。这些线索是通过用蜂箱中不同的物质污染玻璃棒和钢针获得的。特别是，已经证明工蜂可以区分：不同成年工蜂的表皮蜡；来自同一和不同蜂箱的卵；同一蜂箱中相似年龄的幼虫；以及被不同成年工蜂的 Nasonov 腺分泌物污染的针。似乎这些差异中的一些是由于个体之间的表型变异引起的，而这种变异不能直接归因于环境因素。