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Abstract:

Food quality is a relevant characteristic to be transferred within eusocial insect colonies because its evaluation improves the collective foraging efficiency. In honeybees, colony mates could directly acquire this resource characteristic during trophallactic encounters with nectar foragers. In the present study, we focused on the gustatory responsiveness of bees that have unloaded food from incoming foragers. The sugar sensitivity of receiver bees was assessed in the laboratory by using the proboscis extension response paradigm. After unloading, hive bees were captured either from a colony that foraged freely in the environmental surroundings or from a colony that foraged at an artificial feeder with a known sucrose solution. In the first situation, the sugar sensitivity of the hive bees negatively correlated with the sugar concentration of the nectar crops brought back by forager mates. Similarly, in the controlled situation, the highest sucrose concentration the receivers accepted during trophallaxis corresponded to the highest thresholds to sucrose. The results indicate that first-order receivers modify their sugar sensitivity according to the quality of the food previously transferred through trophallaxis by the incoming foragers. In addition, trophallaxis is a mechanism capable of transferring gustatory information in honeybees. Its implications at a social scale might involve changes in the social information as well as in nectar distribution within the colony. © 2007 Springer-Verlag.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Honeybees modify gustatory responsiveness after receiving nectar from foragers within the hive
Autor:Martinez, A.; Farina, W.M.
Filiación:Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales, Departamento de Biodiversidad Y Biología Experimental, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom
Palabras clave:Apis mellifera; Communication; Honeybee; Sugar response; Trophallaxis; food quality; foraging behavior; foraging efficiency; honeybee; nectar; physiological response; Apis mellifera; Apoidea; Hexapoda
Año:2008
Volumen:62
Número:4
Página de inicio:529
Página de fin:535
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0477-0
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_v62_n4_p529_Martinez

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Martinez, A. & Farina, W.M. (2008) . Honeybees modify gustatory responsiveness after receiving nectar from foragers within the hive. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(4), 529-535.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0477-0
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Martinez, A., Farina, W.M. "Honeybees modify gustatory responsiveness after receiving nectar from foragers within the hive" . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, no. 4 (2008) : 529-535.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0477-0
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Martinez, A., Farina, W.M. "Honeybees modify gustatory responsiveness after receiving nectar from foragers within the hive" . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 62, no. 4, 2008, pp. 529-535.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0477-0
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Martinez, A., Farina, W.M. Honeybees modify gustatory responsiveness after receiving nectar from foragers within the hive. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2008;62(4):529-535.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0477-0