Artículo
Abstract:
Nectar acquisition in the honeybee Apis mellifera is a partitioned task in which foragers gather nectar and bring it to the hive, where nest mates unload via trophallaxis (i.e. mouth-to-mouth transfer) the collected food for further storage. Because forager mates exploit different feeding places simultaneously, this study addresses the question of whether nectar unloading interactions between foragers and hive-bees are established randomly, as it is commonly assumed. Two groups of foragers were trained to exploit a different scented food source for 5 days. We recorded their trophallaxes with hive-mates, marking the latter ones according to the forager group they were unloading. We found non-random probabilities for the occurrence of trophallaxes between experimental foragers and hive-bees, instead, we found that trophallactic interactions were more likely to involve groups of individuals which had formerly interacted orally. We propose that olfactory cues present in the transferred nectar promoted the observed bias, and we discuss this bias in the context of the organization of nectar acquisition: a partitioned task carried out in a decentralized insect society. © Springer-Verlag 2005.
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| Documento: | Artículo |
| Título: | Non-random nectar unloading interactions between foragers and their receivers in the honeybee hive |
| Autor: | Goyret, J.; Farina, W.M. |
| Filiación: | Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular Y Celular, Ciudad Universitaria (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Coker Life Sciences Building, 700 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, United States |
| Palabras clave: | foraging behavior; honeybee; nectar; olfactory cue; social behavior; animal experiment; article; experimentation; food availability; food storage; foraging; honeybee; insect society; nonhuman; olfactory cortex; organization; Animals; Bees; Feeding Behavior; Female; Odors; Social Behavior; Animalia; Apis mellifera; Apoidea; Insecta |
| Año: | 2005 |
| Volumen: | 92 |
| Número: | 9 |
| Página de inicio: | 440 |
| Página de fin: | 443 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-005-0016-7 |
| Título revista: | Naturwissenschaften |
| Título revista abreviado: | Naturwissenschaften |
| ISSN: | 00281042 |
| CODEN: | NATWA |
| Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v92_n9_p440_Goyret |
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Goyret, J. & Farina, W.M. (2005) . Non-random nectar unloading interactions between foragers and their receivers in the honeybee hive. Naturwissenschaften, 92(9), 440-443.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-005-0016-7
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Goyret, J., Farina, W.M. "Non-random nectar unloading interactions between foragers and their receivers in the honeybee hive" . Naturwissenschaften 92, no. 9 (2005) : 440-443.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-005-0016-7
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Goyret, J., Farina, W.M. "Non-random nectar unloading interactions between foragers and their receivers in the honeybee hive" . Naturwissenschaften, vol. 92, no. 9, 2005, pp. 440-443.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-005-0016-7
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Goyret, J., Farina, W.M. Non-random nectar unloading interactions between foragers and their receivers in the honeybee hive. Naturwissenschaften. 2005;92(9):440-443.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-005-0016-7
