蜂王产生的物质 9HDA 对蜜蜂 Apis mellifera L. 分蜂群聚类行为的影响。

The influence of a queen-produced substance, 9HDA, on swarm clustering behavior in the honeybeeApis mellifera L.

机构信息

Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.

出版信息

J Chem Ecol. 1982 Oct;8(10):1283-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00987761.

Abstract

The effect of enantiomers of the queen-produced substance, 9-hydroxy-(E)-2-decenoic acid (9HDA) on swarm clustering behavior of the honeybeeApis mellifera was studied. Caged queens were removed from the swarms at the start of each test and were replaced with small Petri dishes containing one of the following treatments: 100 μgS(+) enantiomer of 9HDA, 100 μgR(-) enantiomer of 9HDA, 200 μg racemic (R, S) 9HDA, and a vehicle-treated control. Each swarm was considered to have dispersed when it had lost 50% of its starting weight. All treatments with 9HDA resulted in significantly longer swarm aggregation when compared with the control. Enantiomers were not shown to have different effects at theP ≤ 0.05 level of significance. However, observations on swarm behavior indicated that theR(-) enantiomer was the most active in retarding swarm dispersal.

摘要

研究了蜂王产生的物质 9-羟基-(E)-2-癸烯酸（9HDA）对蜜蜂（Apis mellifera）群体聚集行为的对映异构体的影响。在每次测试开始时，从蜂群中取出被关在笼子里的蜂王，并将其替换为含有以下处理之一的小培养皿：100μg S(+) 对映异构体 9HDA、100μg R(-) 对映异构体 9HDA、200μg 外消旋（R，S）9HDA 和对照溶剂处理。当蜂群失去其起始重量的 50%时，认为其已经分散。与对照相比，所有 9HDA 处理均导致群体聚集时间显著延长。在 P≤0.05 的显著性水平上，对映异构体并未显示出不同的影响。然而，对群体行为的观察表明，R(-) 对映异构体在延缓群体扩散方面最为活跃。