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

2007 ◽  
Vol -1 (1) ◽  
pp. -1--1
Author(s):  
Margaret J. Couvillon ◽  
Jamie P. Caple ◽  
Samuel L. Endsor ◽  
Martin Kärcher ◽  
Trudy E. Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Mate Recognition ◽  
Nest Mate ◽  
Nest Mate Recognition ◽  
Wax Comb

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.

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 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

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
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