Food exchange between adults and larvae in Vespa orientalis F

Ishay, Jacob S.; Ikan, R.

doi:10.1016/0003-3472(68)90013-4

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“…Este ato era identificado quando a vespa inseria a cabeça numa célula sem portar aparentemente qualquer tipo de alimento entre as mandíbulas e sem que nenhuma vespa tivesse retornado da atividade forrageadora, similar ao que foi descrito por Giannotti & Machado (1999) em P. lanio e por Zara & Balestieri (2000) em P. versicolor. Esta secreção transferida pela larva tem composição semelhante ao néctar, sendo rica em carboidrato e aminoácido (Ishay & Ikan 1968).…”

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Divisão de trabalho em colônias da vespa social neotropical Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Torres¹,

Antonialli-Júnior²,

Giannotti³

2009

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Divisão de trabalho em colônias da vespa social neotropical Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Torres¹,

Antonialli-Júnior²,

Giannotti³

2009

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…Mechanical hunger signals have been described in several wasp species (Ishay and Ikan, 1968;Ishay and Landau, 1972;Ishay and Brown, 1975). The aim of the present study was therefore to identify chemical as well as mechanical signals and cues produced by larvae and larval food that can potentially provide worker honeybees with information about the food supplies of the larvae, and to clarify whether worker bees can perceive these signals.…”

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Mechanisms of food provisioning of honeybee larvae by worker bees

Heimken

Aumeier

Kirchner

2009

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYAlthough it has clearly been demonstrated in previous studies that honeybees inspect their worker brood in a non-random fashion, it is still unclear which signals and cues worker bees use to monitor the nutritional state of their brood. Here we show that worker bees can recognize and quantify the larval food present in a brood cell olfactorily and identify potential mechanical signals produced by the brood. There is no evidence for additional chemical hunger signals produced by the larvae. However, the pattern of movement of larvae within their cells changes with their nutritional state and might provide additional information to nurse bees.

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“…Individuals either pass through consecutive molts during development (Hemimetabola; e.g., termites, aphids), with immatures resembling small adults and division of labor occurring typically between such larval nymphs that may show morphological specializations [e.g., first-instar soldier aphids (3)]; or individuals metamorphose by dramatically reorganizing their morphology during the pupal stage (Holometabola; e.g., bees, wasps, ants, beetles), which predestines larvae and adults to specialize in different tasks because of their morphological and physiological differentiation. Indeed, larvae of the eusocial Hymenoptera, for example, may produce nestbuilding silk [weaver ants (4)] and may supply adults with extra enzymes and nutrients [trophallaxis in several wasps and ants (2,5,6)]. However, all known cooperative actions of holometabolous larvae are apparently completely under adult control (2), and despite the potential for the evolution of highly specialized immature helper morphs, larvae of these taxa are largely immobile and helpless and in need of being moved, fed, and cared for by adults (7).…”

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Larval helpers and age polyethism in ambrosia beetles

Biedermann

Taborsky²

2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Division of labor among the workers of insect societies is a conspicuous feature of their biology. Social tasks are commonly shared among age groups but not between larvae and adults with completely different morphologies, as in bees, wasps, ants, and beetles (i.e., Holometabola). A unique yet hardly studied holometabolous group of insects is the ambrosia beetles. Along with one tribe of ants and one subfamily of termites, wood-dwelling ambrosia beetles are the only insect lineage culturing fungi, a trait predicted to favor cooperation and division of labor. Their sociality has not been fully demonstrated, because behavioral observations have been missing. Here we present behavioral data and experiments from within nests of an ambrosia beetle, Xyleborinus saxesenii. Larval and adult offspring of a single foundress cooperate in brood care, gallery maintenance, and fungus gardening, showing a clear division of labor between larval and adult colony members. Larvae enlarge the gallery and participate in brood care and gallery hygiene. The cooperative effort of adult females in the colony and the timing of their dispersal depend on the number of sibling recipients (larvae and pupae), on the presence of the mother, and on the number of adult workers. This suggests that altruistic help is triggered by demands of brood dependent on care. Thus, ambrosia beetles are not only highly social but also show a special form of division of labor that is unique among holometabolous insects.altruism | cooperative fungiculture | insect agriculture | larval workers | mutualism

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Food exchange between adults and larvae in Vespa orientalis F

Cited by 55 publications

References 7 publications

Divisão de trabalho em colônias da vespa social neotropical Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Divisão de trabalho em colônias da vespa social neotropical Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Mechanisms of food provisioning of honeybee larvae by worker bees

Larval helpers and age polyethism in ambrosia beetles

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