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Abstract:

Transfer of information about food source characteristics within insect societies is essential to colony-foraging success. The food odor communicated within honeybee hives has been shown to be important for food source exploitation. When successful foragers return to the nest and transfer the collected nectar to hive mates through mouth-to-mouth contacts (trophallaxis), potential recruits receiving these samples learn the food odor by associative learning. The food then becomes rapidly distributed among colony members, which is mainly a consequence of the numerous trophallaxes between hive-mates of all ages during food processing. We tested whether the distribution of food among hive mates causes a propagation of olfactory information within the hive. Using the proboscis extension response paradigm, we show that large proportions of bees of the age groups representing the main worker castes, 4 to 9-day-old bees (nurse-aged bees), 12 to 16-day-old bees (food processor-aged bees), and actual foragers (about 17+ day old bees) associatively learn the food odor in the course of processing food that has been collected by only a few foragers. Results further suggest that the information is shared more or less equally between bees of the three age groups. This shows that olfactory information about the flower species exploited by foragers is distributed within the entire colony and is acquired by bees of all age groups, which may influence many behaviors inside and outside the hive. © Springer-Verlag 2006.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive
Autor:Grüter, C.; Acosta, L.E.; Farina, W.M.
Filiación:Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales, IFIBYNE-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Division of Behavioural Ecology, University of Bern, Ethologische Station Hasli, Wohlenstrasse 50a, 3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland
Palabras clave:Apis mellifera; Information propagation; Olfactory learning; Proboscis extension reflex; Trophallaxis; food availability; foraging behavior; honeybee; learning; nectar; olfactory cue; propagation (horticulture); trophallaxis; worker caste; Apis mellifera; Apoidea; Insecta
Año:2006
Volumen:60
Número:5
Página de inicio:707
Página de fin:715
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0214-0
Título revista:Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Título revista abreviado:Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
ISSN:03405443
CODEN:BESOD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03405443_v60_n5_p707_Gruter

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Grüter, C., Acosta, L.E. & Farina, W.M. (2006) . Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60(5), 707-715.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0214-0
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Grüter, C., Acosta, L.E., Farina, W.M. "Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive" . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60, no. 5 (2006) : 707-715.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0214-0
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Grüter, C., Acosta, L.E., Farina, W.M. "Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive" . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 60, no. 5, 2006, pp. 707-715.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0214-0
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Grüter, C., Acosta, L.E., Farina, W.M. Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2006;60(5):707-715.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0214-0