Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment

Autores
Balbuena, María Sol; Arenas, Andres; Farina, Walter Marcelo
Año de publicación
2012
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Floral scents learned during the waggle dance, a signal through which honeybees provide nestmateswith spatial information on foraging sites, are an important component of recruitment. Forager bees canbe reactivated to go to previously exploited food sources by perceiving scents they learned at the flowerswithin the dance context. Here, we tested whether floral scents experienced not at the foraging site, butvia scented nectar inside the nest, can influence subsequent recruitment. We determined that bees thatwere exposed to scented food while in the hive tended to follow dances in which the recruiting beepresented the same odour experienced 8 days earlier. Moreover, a higher proportion of bees with in-hiveexperience were successfully recruited to the feeding sites scented with the experienced odours than tothe feeding sites scented with novel odours. This bias in recruitment was independent of the time thatthe bees spent following dances. These findings suggest that associative memories acquired even as earlyas the first week of adult life were responsible for a variation in recruitment. We discuss our results interms of the adaptive value of the long-term olfactory memories acquired inside the nest as a facilitatorto decode the spatial information transmitted in the honeybee dance.
Fil: Balbuena, María Sol. 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: Arenas, Andres. 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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honeybee
Apis mellifera
early learning
communication
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spelling Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitmentBalbuena, María SolArenas, AndresFarina, Walter MarcelohoneybeeApis melliferaearly learningcommunicationhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Floral scents learned during the waggle dance, a signal through which honeybees provide nestmateswith spatial information on foraging sites, are an important component of recruitment. Forager bees canbe reactivated to go to previously exploited food sources by perceiving scents they learned at the flowerswithin the dance context. Here, we tested whether floral scents experienced not at the foraging site, butvia scented nectar inside the nest, can influence subsequent recruitment. We determined that bees thatwere exposed to scented food while in the hive tended to follow dances in which the recruiting beepresented the same odour experienced 8 days earlier. Moreover, a higher proportion of bees with in-hiveexperience were successfully recruited to the feeding sites scented with the experienced odours than tothe feeding sites scented with novel odours. This bias in recruitment was independent of the time thatthe bees spent following dances. These findings suggest that associative memories acquired even as earlyas the first week of adult life were responsible for a variation in recruitment. We discuss our results interms of the adaptive value of the long-term olfactory memories acquired inside the nest as a facilitatorto decode the spatial information transmitted in the honeybee dance.Fil: Balbuena, María Sol. 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: Arenas, Andres. 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; ArgentinaAcademic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd2012-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/269574Balbuena, María Sol; Arenas, Andres; Farina, Walter Marcelo; Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Animal Behaviour; 84; 1; 7-2012; 77-830003-3472CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347212001662info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.008info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:09:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/269574instacron: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:34982025-09-29 10:09:07.607CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
title Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
spellingShingle Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
Balbuena, María Sol
honeybee
Apis mellifera
early learning
communication
title_short Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
title_full Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
title_fullStr Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
title_full_unstemmed Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
title_sort Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Balbuena, María Sol
Arenas, Andres
Farina, Walter Marcelo
author Balbuena, María Sol
author_facet Balbuena, María Sol
Arenas, Andres
Farina, Walter Marcelo
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author2 Arenas, Andres
Farina, Walter Marcelo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv honeybee
Apis mellifera
early learning
communication
topic honeybee
Apis mellifera
early learning
communication
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Floral scents learned during the waggle dance, a signal through which honeybees provide nestmateswith spatial information on foraging sites, are an important component of recruitment. Forager bees canbe reactivated to go to previously exploited food sources by perceiving scents they learned at the flowerswithin the dance context. Here, we tested whether floral scents experienced not at the foraging site, butvia scented nectar inside the nest, can influence subsequent recruitment. We determined that bees thatwere exposed to scented food while in the hive tended to follow dances in which the recruiting beepresented the same odour experienced 8 days earlier. Moreover, a higher proportion of bees with in-hiveexperience were successfully recruited to the feeding sites scented with the experienced odours than tothe feeding sites scented with novel odours. This bias in recruitment was independent of the time thatthe bees spent following dances. These findings suggest that associative memories acquired even as earlyas the first week of adult life were responsible for a variation in recruitment. We discuss our results interms of the adaptive value of the long-term olfactory memories acquired inside the nest as a facilitatorto decode the spatial information transmitted in the honeybee dance.
Fil: Balbuena, María Sol. 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: Arenas, Andres. 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 Floral scents learned during the waggle dance, a signal through which honeybees provide nestmateswith spatial information on foraging sites, are an important component of recruitment. Forager bees canbe reactivated to go to previously exploited food sources by perceiving scents they learned at the flowerswithin the dance context. Here, we tested whether floral scents experienced not at the foraging site, butvia scented nectar inside the nest, can influence subsequent recruitment. We determined that bees thatwere exposed to scented food while in the hive tended to follow dances in which the recruiting beepresented the same odour experienced 8 days earlier. Moreover, a higher proportion of bees with in-hiveexperience were successfully recruited to the feeding sites scented with the experienced odours than tothe feeding sites scented with novel odours. This bias in recruitment was independent of the time thatthe bees spent following dances. These findings suggest that associative memories acquired even as earlyas the first week of adult life were responsible for a variation in recruitment. We discuss our results interms of the adaptive value of the long-term olfactory memories acquired inside the nest as a facilitatorto decode the spatial information transmitted in the honeybee dance.
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