Artículo
Abstract:
The release of scents by honeybees Apis mellifera was studied in an experimental design that involved two bees: one caught and disturbed in a confinement vial (A-bee) and another introduced in a matrass (B-bee) and afterwards confronted with the confinement vial while trying to escape to the light. The time needed by the B-bee to reach the vial bottom was recorded for different disturbances (delay response). Honeybees rejected the vial where another bee was confined; results are thus consistent with the release of deterrents by A-bees. The delay response of B-bees increased with the confinement time and with the pressure applied to A-bees. Pressing was more efficient in eliciting the release of deterrents. Both mandibular glands and sting chamber contributed to the delay response. Beheaded A-bees elicited a greater delay response; thus, the release of substances from the sting chamber may be under the control of a central inhibition that disappears when the head is removed. An annual fluctuation in the delay response occurred. Maximal values were attained shortly after the period of abundant nectar flow. Tests with head- or sting-chamber squashes reveal that such fluctuation was associated with deterrents from the head. These could have an adaptive value in a foraging context. Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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| Documento: | Artículo |
| Título: | A deterrent response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) foragers: Dependence on disturbance and season |
| Autor: | Balderrama, N.; Núñez, J.; Giurfa, M.; Torrealba, J.; De Albornoz, E.G.; Almeida, L.O. |
| Filiación: | Inst. Zool. Agricol, Fac. Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Aptdo Postal 4579, Maracay 2101, Aragua, Venezuela Institut für Neurobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 28/30, 14195 Berlin, Germany Dep. Cs. Biológicas, FCEyN, Universidad Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Palabras clave: | Apis mellifera; Deterrents; Disturbance; Honeybees; Pheromones |
| Año: | 1996 |
| Volumen: | 42 |
| Número: | 5 |
| Página de inicio: | 463 |
| Página de fin: | 470 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00129-8 |
| Título revista: | Journal of Insect Physiology |
| Título revista abreviado: | J. Insect Physiol. |
| ISSN: | 00221910 |
| CODEN: | JIPHA |
| Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00221910_v42_n5_p463_Balderrama |
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Balderrama, N., Núñez, J., Giurfa, M., Torrealba, J., De Albornoz, E.G. & Almeida, L.O. (1996) . A deterrent response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) foragers: Dependence on disturbance and season. Journal of Insect Physiology, 42(5), 463-470.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00129-8
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Balderrama, N., Núñez, J., Giurfa, M., Torrealba, J., De Albornoz, E.G., Almeida, L.O. "A deterrent response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) foragers: Dependence on disturbance and season" . Journal of Insect Physiology 42, no. 5 (1996) : 463-470.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00129-8
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Balderrama, N., Núñez, J., Giurfa, M., Torrealba, J., De Albornoz, E.G., Almeida, L.O. "A deterrent response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) foragers: Dependence on disturbance and season" . Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 42, no. 5, 1996, pp. 463-470.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00129-8
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Balderrama, N., Núñez, J., Giurfa, M., Torrealba, J., De Albornoz, E.G., Almeida, L.O. A deterrent response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) foragers: Dependence on disturbance and season. J. Insect Physiol. 1996;42(5):463-470.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00129-8
