Do environmental conditions exert an effect on nest-mate recognition in queen rearing honey bees?

2000 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mohammedi ◽  
Y. Le Conte
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Queen Rearing ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

scholarly journals Comb wax mediates the acquisition of nest-mate recognition cues in honey bees

1988 ◽  
Vol 85 (22) ◽  
pp. 8766-8769 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Breed ◽  
K. R. Williams ◽  
J. H. Fewell
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

Nest-mate recognition cues are not used during or influenced by mating in the antFormica exsecta

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Martin ◽  
S. Shemilt ◽  
K. Trontti
Keyword(s):  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

scholarly journals Nest-mate recognition template of guard honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) is modified by wax comb transfer

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret J Couvillon ◽  
Jamie P Caple ◽  
Samuel L Endsor ◽  
Martin Kärcher ◽  
Trudy E Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Colony Odour ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Unidirectional Transfer ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition ◽  
Wax Comb ◽  
Rejection Rates

In recognition, discriminators use sensory information to make decisions. For example, honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) entrance guards discriminate between nest-mates and intruders by comparing their odours with a template of the colony odour. Comb wax plays a major role in honeybee recognition. We measured the rejection rates of nest-mate and non-nest-mate worker bees by entrance guards before and after a unidirectional transfer of wax comb from a ‘comb donor’ hive to a ‘comb receiver’ hive. Our results showed a significant effect that occurred in one direction. Guards in the comb receiver hive became more accepting of non-nest-mates from the comb donor hive (rejection decreased from 70 to 47%); however, guards in the comb donor hive did not become more accepting of bees from the comb receiver hive. These data strongly support the hypothesis that the transfer of wax comb increases the acceptance of non-nest-mates not by changing the odour of the bees, but by changing the template used by guards.

Worker policing and nest mate recognition in the ant Formica fusca

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1143-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heikki Helanterä ◽  
Liselotte Sundström
Keyword(s):  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Worker Policing ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Formica Fusca ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

scholarly journals Nest-mate recognition in Manuelia postica (Apidae: Xylocopinae): an eusocial trait is present in a solitary bee

2007 ◽  
Vol 275 (1632) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Flores-Prado ◽  
Daniel Aguilera-Olivares ◽  
Hermann M Niemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Solitary Bee ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

scholarly journals Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 735-740
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Martin ◽  
Falko P. Drijfhout ◽  
Adam G. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

Nest-mate recognition and the effect of distance from the nest on the aggressive behaviour of Camponotus chilensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Behaviour ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 143 (7) ◽  
pp. 811-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Velásquez ◽  
María Gómez ◽  
Jorge González ◽  
Rodrigo A. Vásquez
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Natural Population ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Territorial Behaviour ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition

AbstractNest-mate recognition and territorial behaviour in ants are widely studied phenomena. However, few studies have analysed, under field conditions, how nest-mate recognition varies with distance from the resident's colony. In a natural population of Camponotus chilensis in central Chile, we studied nest-mate recognition and spatial variation in aggressive behaviour. C. chilensis individuals were able to discriminate nest-mates from intruders, showing no aggression toward nest companions, while aggressiveness toward allo-colonial con-specifics decreased significantly with distance. Further, the overall number of interactions and the aggressiveness of the resident ants were significantly greater at 25 cm from their colony than at further distances. Given that antennation behaviour is regularly present at all distances from the nest, it seems to entail information acquisition. Biting and intruder-dragging, the most conspicuous aggressive displays, were mainly observed at distances close to the resident colony. Other behaviours such as threatening with open mandibles, ventral bending of the gaster, and backward-movement, were observed at all distances, and they seem to represent the first signs of intruder rejection.

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