Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop

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Verellen, Facundo; Palottini, Florencia; Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia; Farina, Walter Marcelo
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2025
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Recently, it has been shown that sugar‑conditioned honey bees can be biased towards a nectarlessdioecious crop as kiwifruit. The challenges for an efficient pollination service in this crop species areits nectarless flowers and its short blooming period. It is known that combined non-sugar compounds(NSCs) present in the floral products of different plants, such as caffeine and arginine, enhanceolfactory memory retention in honey bees. Additionally, these NSCs presented in combination withscented food improve pollination activity in nectar crops. Here, we evaluated the effect of kiwifruitmimic-scented sugar solution (KM) on colonies located in this crop by supplementing them either withthese NSCs individually (KM+CAF, KM+ARG), or combined (KM+MIX). Our results show an increasein colonies? activity after feeding for all treatments. However, the colonies supplemented with thecombined mixture (KM+MIX) collected heavier kiwifruit pollen loads and showed an increasing pollenstored area in their hives compared to the KM-treated control colonies. Unexpectedly, the caffeine-treated colonies showed a decrease in the pollen foraging related responses. These results show acombined effect of NSCs that improves honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless crop, however thisactivity is impaired when caffeine is used alone for a nectarless crop.
Fil: Verellen, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Palottini, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Farina, Walter Marcelo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
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Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Actinidia chinensis
Kiwifruit,
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spelling Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious cropVerellen, FacundoPalottini, FlorenciaEstravis Barcala, Maria CeciliaFarina, Walter MarceloHoney beeApis melliferaActinidia chinensisKiwifruit,https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Recently, it has been shown that sugar‑conditioned honey bees can be biased towards a nectarlessdioecious crop as kiwifruit. The challenges for an efficient pollination service in this crop species areits nectarless flowers and its short blooming period. It is known that combined non-sugar compounds(NSCs) present in the floral products of different plants, such as caffeine and arginine, enhanceolfactory memory retention in honey bees. Additionally, these NSCs presented in combination withscented food improve pollination activity in nectar crops. Here, we evaluated the effect of kiwifruitmimic-scented sugar solution (KM) on colonies located in this crop by supplementing them either withthese NSCs individually (KM+CAF, KM+ARG), or combined (KM+MIX). Our results show an increasein colonies? activity after feeding for all treatments. However, the colonies supplemented with thecombined mixture (KM+MIX) collected heavier kiwifruit pollen loads and showed an increasing pollenstored area in their hives compared to the KM-treated control colonies. Unexpectedly, the caffeine-treated colonies showed a decrease in the pollen foraging related responses. These results show acombined effect of NSCs that improves honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless crop, however thisactivity is impaired when caffeine is used alone for a nectarless crop.Fil: Verellen, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; ArgentinaFil: Palottini, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; ArgentinaFil: Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; ArgentinaFil: Farina, Walter Marcelo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; ArgentinaNature2025-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/280464Verellen, Facundo; Palottini, Florencia; Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia; Farina, Walter Marcelo; Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop; Nature; Scientific Reports; 15; 1; 1-2025; 1-92045-2322CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85494-1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41598-025-85494-1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-02-06T12:09:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/280464instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-02-06 12:09:28.517CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
title Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
spellingShingle Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
Verellen, Facundo
Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Actinidia chinensis
Kiwifruit,
title_short Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
title_full Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
title_fullStr Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
title_full_unstemmed Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
title_sort Sugar conditioning combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless diocious crop
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Verellen, Facundo
Palottini, Florencia
Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia
Farina, Walter Marcelo
author Verellen, Facundo
author_facet Verellen, Facundo
Palottini, Florencia
Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia
Farina, Walter Marcelo
author_role author
author2 Palottini, Florencia
Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia
Farina, Walter Marcelo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Actinidia chinensis
Kiwifruit,
topic Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Actinidia chinensis
Kiwifruit,
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Recently, it has been shown that sugar‑conditioned honey bees can be biased towards a nectarlessdioecious crop as kiwifruit. The challenges for an efficient pollination service in this crop species areits nectarless flowers and its short blooming period. It is known that combined non-sugar compounds(NSCs) present in the floral products of different plants, such as caffeine and arginine, enhanceolfactory memory retention in honey bees. Additionally, these NSCs presented in combination withscented food improve pollination activity in nectar crops. Here, we evaluated the effect of kiwifruitmimic-scented sugar solution (KM) on colonies located in this crop by supplementing them either withthese NSCs individually (KM+CAF, KM+ARG), or combined (KM+MIX). Our results show an increasein colonies? activity after feeding for all treatments. However, the colonies supplemented with thecombined mixture (KM+MIX) collected heavier kiwifruit pollen loads and showed an increasing pollenstored area in their hives compared to the KM-treated control colonies. Unexpectedly, the caffeine-treated colonies showed a decrease in the pollen foraging related responses. These results show acombined effect of NSCs that improves honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless crop, however thisactivity is impaired when caffeine is used alone for a nectarless crop.
Fil: Verellen, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Palottini, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Estravis Barcala, Maria Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Farina, Walter Marcelo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
description Recently, it has been shown that sugar‑conditioned honey bees can be biased towards a nectarlessdioecious crop as kiwifruit. The challenges for an efficient pollination service in this crop species areits nectarless flowers and its short blooming period. It is known that combined non-sugar compounds(NSCs) present in the floral products of different plants, such as caffeine and arginine, enhanceolfactory memory retention in honey bees. Additionally, these NSCs presented in combination withscented food improve pollination activity in nectar crops. Here, we evaluated the effect of kiwifruitmimic-scented sugar solution (KM) on colonies located in this crop by supplementing them either withthese NSCs individually (KM+CAF, KM+ARG), or combined (KM+MIX). Our results show an increasein colonies? activity after feeding for all treatments. However, the colonies supplemented with thecombined mixture (KM+MIX) collected heavier kiwifruit pollen loads and showed an increasing pollenstored area in their hives compared to the KM-treated control colonies. Unexpectedly, the caffeine-treated colonies showed a decrease in the pollen foraging related responses. These results show acombined effect of NSCs that improves honey bee pollen foraging in a nectarless crop, however thisactivity is impaired when caffeine is used alone for a nectarless crop.
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