Ulgezen Zeynep N, van Dooremalen Coby, van Langevelde Frank
Bees@wur, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708 PB, The Netherlands.
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Curr Res Insect Sci. 2021 Oct 23;1:100021. doi: 10.1016/j.cris.2021.100021. eCollection 2021.
Honeybee colonies experience high losses, induced by several stressors that can result in the collapse of colonies. Experiments show what effects stressors, such as parasites, pathogens and pesticides, can have on individual honeybees as well as colonies. Although individuals may die, colonies do not always collapse from such disturbances. As a superorganism, the colony can maintain or return back to homeostasis through colony mechanisms. This capacity is defined as social resilience. When the colony faces a high stress load, this may lead to breakdown in mechanisms, loss in resilience and eventually colony collapse. Before social resilience can be measured in honeybees, we need to examine the mechanisms in colonies that allow recovery and maintenance after stressor exposure. Here, we discuss some of these mechanisms and how they affect the social resilience of honeybee colonies. Understanding social resilience in honeybees is essential to managing colony health and loss prevention.
蜜蜂蜂群遭受着由多种应激源导致的高损失率，这些应激源会致使蜂群崩溃。实验表明寄生虫、病原体和杀虫剂等应激源对个体蜜蜂以及蜂群会产生何种影响。尽管个体蜜蜂可能死亡，但蜂群并不总是因这类干扰而崩溃。作为一个超个体，蜂群能够通过群体机制维持或恢复到稳态。这种能力被定义为社会恢复力。当蜂群面临高应激负荷时，这可能会导致机制失灵、恢复力丧失，最终导致蜂群崩溃。在能够测量蜜蜂的社会恢复力之前，我们需要研究蜂群中在接触应激源后实现恢复和维持的机制。在此，我们讨论其中一些机制以及它们如何影响蜜蜂蜂群的社会恢复力。了解蜜蜂的社会恢复力对于管理蜂群健康和预防损失至关重要。
