Etude quantitative des transferts de nourriture entre ouvrieres d'age connu chez l'abeille domestique (Apis mellifica mellifica L)

Galliot, Gaël; Azoeuf, P.

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“…Bees use their antennae in a great variety of situations. Inside the hive, the bees' antennae allow them to probe food, wax or other substrates (20)(21)(22) and to communicate with conspeci cs, during food exchanges (23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28) or the waggle dance (29), thereby conveying a social reinforcement (30). Outside of the hive, bees use their antennae during foraging, allowing them to detect and learn multisensory cues from owers (olfactory, tactile, gustatory (31)(32)(33)).…”

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Antenna movements as a function of odorants’ biological value in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

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Merlin

Henderson

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In honeybees, the antennae are highly mobile sensory organs that express scanning movements in various behavioral contexts and toward many stimuli, especially odorants. The rules underlying these movements are still unclear. Using a motion-capture system, we analyzed bees’ antennal responses to a panel of pheromonal and other biologically relevant odorants. We observed clear differences in bees’ antennal responses, with opposite movements to stimuli related to opposite contexts: slow backward movements were expressed in response to alarm pheromones, while fast forward movements were elicited by food related cues as well as brood and queen related pheromones. These responses are reproducible, as a similar pattern of odor-specific responses was observed in bees from different colonies, on different years. We then tested whether odorants’ attractiveness for bees, measured using an original olfactory orientation setup, may predict antenna movements. This simple measure of odorants’ valence did however not correlate with either antennal position or velocity measures, showing that more complex rules than simple hedonics underlie bees’ antennal responses to odorants. Lastly, we show that newly-emerged bees express only limited antennal responses compared to older bees, suggesting that a significant part of the observed responses are acquired during bees’ behavioral development.

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Antenna movements as a function of odorants’ biological value in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

Cholé

Merlin

Henderson

et al. 2022

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“…Honeybees use their antennae in a great variety of behavioral tasks and contexts. Inside the hive, the bees' antennae allow them to probe food, wax, or other substrates (Martin and Lindauer 1966;Winston 1987;Nagari and Bloch 2012) and to communicate with conspecifics, during food exchanges (Free 1956;Montagner and Pain 1971;Galliot and Azoeuf 1979;Galliot et al 1982;Korst and Velthuis 1982;Crailsheim 1998) or the waggle dance (von Frisch 1967;Rohrseitz and Tautz, 1999;Gil and De Marco, 2010). Outside of the hive, bees use their antennae during foraging, allowing them to detect and learn multisensory cues from flowers (olfactory, tactile, gustatory) (Kevan and Lane 1985;Menzel 1990;Wright and Schiestl 2009).…”

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Appetitive but not aversive olfactory conditioning modifies antennal movements in honeybees

2015

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In honeybees, two olfactory conditioning protocols allow the study of appetitive and aversive Pavlovian associations. Appetitive conditioning of the proboscis extension response (PER) involves associating an odor, the conditioned stimulus (CS) with a sucrose solution, the unconditioned stimulus (US). Conversely, aversive conditioning of the sting extension response (SER) involves associating the odor CS with an electric or thermal shock US. Each protocol is based on the measure of a different behavioral response (proboscis versus sting) and both only provide binary responses (extension or not of the proboscis or sting). These limitations render the measure of the acquired valence of an odor CS difficult without testing the animals in a freely moving situation. Here, we studied the effects of both olfactory conditioning protocols on the movements of the antennae, which are crucial sensory organs for bees. As bees' antennae are highly mobile, we asked whether their movements in response to an odorant change following appetitive or aversive conditioning and if so, do odor-evoked antennal movements contain information about the acquired valence of the CS? We implemented a tracking system for harnessed bees' antennal movements based on a motion capture principle at a high frequency rate. We observed that differential appetitive conditioning had a strong effect on antennal movements. Bees responded to the reinforced odorant with a marked forward motion of the antennae and a strong velocity increase. Conversely, differential aversive conditioning had no associative effect on antennal movements. Rather than revealing the acquired valence of an odorant, antennal movements may represent a novel conditioned response taking place during appetitive conditioning and may provide a possible advantage to bees when foraging in natural situations.

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“…These insects also prevalently employ antennal communication during fcod-sharing behaviour or trophallaxis (Le Masne, 1951;Lenoir, 1973Lenoir, , 1979Lenoir, , 1982, so that excision of the antennae greatly reduces the amount of regurgitated liquid between donor and receiver (Wallis, 1961;Jaisson, 1969). This occurs also with the honey bee in which workers without antennae receive less food than the intact ones of the same age from their well-fed sisters (Galliot & Azoeuf, 1979). The removing of antennae, for example, makes F. polycierza ant-workers unable to discriminate between homo-and hetero-specific cocoons (Fresneau, 1979).…”

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The effect of antennalectomy on attack behaviour ofFormica lugubrisZett. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Moli

Mori

Parmigiani

1983

Bolletino di zoologia

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Etude quantitative des transferts de nourriture entre ouvrieres d'age connu chez l'abeille domestique (Apis mellifica mellifica L)

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Antenna movements as a function of odorants’ biological value in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

Antenna movements as a function of odorants’ biological value in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

Appetitive but not aversive olfactory conditioning modifies antennal movements in honeybees

The effect of antennalectomy on attack behaviour ofFormica lugubrisZett. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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