Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia St., Mailstop 314, Reno, NV, 89557, USA,
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2014 Jun;200(6):463-74. doi: 10.1007/s00359-014-0904-4. Epub 2014 Apr 8.
Karl von Frisch's studies of bees' color vision and chemical senses opened a window into the perceptual world of a species other than our own. A century of subsequent research on bees' visual and olfactory systems has developed along two productive but independent trajectories, leaving the questions of how and why bees use these two senses in concert largely unexplored. Given current interest in multimodal communication and recently discovered interplay between olfaction and vision in humans and Drosophila, understanding multisensory integration in bees is an opportunity to advance knowledge across fields. Using a classic ethological framework, we formulate proximate and ultimate perspectives on bees' use of multisensory stimuli. We discuss interactions between scent and color in the context of bee cognition and perception, focusing on mechanistic and functional approaches, and we highlight opportunities to further explore the development and evolution of multisensory integration. We argue that although the visual and olfactory worlds of bees are perhaps the best-studied of any non-human species, research focusing on the interactions between these two sensory modalities is vitally needed.
卡尔·冯·弗里希对蜜蜂的颜色视觉和化学感官的研究为我们打开了一扇了解非人类物种感知世界的窗户。一个世纪以来，对蜜蜂视觉和嗅觉系统的后续研究沿着两条富有成效但相互独立的轨迹发展，使得蜜蜂如何以及为何协同使用这两种感官的问题在很大程度上未得到探索。鉴于当前对多模态通信的兴趣以及人类和果蝇中嗅觉和视觉之间最近发现的相互作用，了解蜜蜂的多感觉整合是跨领域推进知识的机会。我们使用经典的行为学框架，从蜜蜂使用多感觉刺激的近因和终极角度来构建理论。我们讨论了在蜜蜂认知和感知背景下气味和颜色之间的相互作用，重点关注机械和功能方法，并强调了进一步探索多感觉整合的发展和进化的机会。我们认为，尽管蜜蜂的视觉和嗅觉世界可能是所有非人类物种中研究得最好的，但非常需要关注这两种感觉模式之间的相互作用。
