Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period

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Pietrantuono, Ana Laura; Requier, Fabrice; Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina; Winter, Josefina; Huerta, Guillermo; Guerrieri, Fernando Javier
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2019
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When honey bees (Apis mellifera)feed on flowers they extend their proboscis to absorb the nectar, i.e. they perform the proboscisextension response (PER). The presence of pollen and/or nectar can beassociated with odors, colors or visual patterns, which allows the bee torecognize food sources in the environment. Bees can associate similar, thoughdifferent, stimuli with the presence of food; i.e. bees discriminate and generalize among stimuli. Here, we evaluated generalization among pollen scents from six different plantspecies. Experiments were based on the PER conditioning protocol over twophases: (1) Conditioning, in whichbees associated the scent of each pollen type with sucrose, and (2) Test, in which bees were presented witha novel scent, to evaluate generalization. Generalization was evinced by beesextending their proboscis to a novel scent. The level of PER increased over thecourse of the conditioning phase for all pollen scents. Bees generalizedpollenfrom Pyracantha coccinea and from Hypochaeris radicata. These two plants havedifferent amountsamount of protein and are not taxonomically related. WeW suggest that both pollen types may share volatile compoundsthat play key roles in perception similarity. Our results highlight theimportance of analyzing the implications of the generalization betweenpollen types of different nutritional quality, since it could provide valuableinformation for beekeeping and agricultural producers (generalization of apollen of lower quality towards one of higher quality can benefit thedevelopment of the hive, increase pollination or honey production). Besides, weobserved that not only chemical features but also temporality are parametersdefining olfactory similarity.
Fil: Pietrantuono, Ana Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Requier, Fabrice. Université Paris Sud; Francia
Fil: Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Winter, Josefina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial; Argentina
Fil: Huerta, Guillermo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Guerrieri, Fernando Javier. Universite de Tours; Francia
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APIS MELLIFERA
CONDITIONING
PALINOLOGY
PROBOSCIS EXENSION RESPONSE
SIMILARITY
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spelling Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal periodPietrantuono, Ana LauraRequier, FabriceFernandez Arhex, Valeria CristinaWinter, JosefinaHuerta, GuillermoGuerrieri, Fernando JavierAPIS MELLIFERACONDITIONINGPALINOLOGYPROBOSCIS EXENSION RESPONSESIMILARITYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1When honey bees (Apis mellifera)feed on flowers they extend their proboscis to absorb the nectar, i.e. they perform the proboscisextension response (PER). The presence of pollen and/or nectar can beassociated with odors, colors or visual patterns, which allows the bee torecognize food sources in the environment. Bees can associate similar, thoughdifferent, stimuli with the presence of food; i.e. bees discriminate and generalize among stimuli. Here, we evaluated generalization among pollen scents from six different plantspecies. Experiments were based on the PER conditioning protocol over twophases: (1) Conditioning, in whichbees associated the scent of each pollen type with sucrose, and (2) Test, in which bees were presented witha novel scent, to evaluate generalization. Generalization was evinced by beesextending their proboscis to a novel scent. The level of PER increased over thecourse of the conditioning phase for all pollen scents. Bees generalizedpollenfrom Pyracantha coccinea and from Hypochaeris radicata. These two plants havedifferent amountsamount of protein and are not taxonomically related. WeW suggest that both pollen types may share volatile compoundsthat play key roles in perception similarity. Our results highlight theimportance of analyzing the implications of the generalization betweenpollen types of different nutritional quality, since it could provide valuableinformation for beekeeping and agricultural producers (generalization of apollen of lower quality towards one of higher quality can benefit thedevelopment of the hive, increase pollination or honey production). Besides, weobserved that not only chemical features but also temporality are parametersdefining olfactory similarity.Fil: Pietrantuono, Ana Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Requier, Fabrice. Université Paris Sud; FranciaFil: Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Winter, Josefina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial; ArgentinaFil: Huerta, Guillermo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Guerrieri, Fernando Javier. Universite de Tours; FranciaCompany of Biologists2019-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/111577Pietrantuono, Ana Laura; Requier, Fabrice; Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina; Winter, Josefina; Huerta, Guillermo; et al.; Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period; Company of Biologists; Journal of Experimental Biology; 10-20190022-0949CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://jeb.biologists.org/lookup/doi/10.1242/jeb.201335info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1242/jeb.201335info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:06:53Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/111577instacron: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:34982025-09-03 10:06:53.838CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
title Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
spellingShingle Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
Pietrantuono, Ana Laura
APIS MELLIFERA
CONDITIONING
PALINOLOGY
PROBOSCIS EXENSION RESPONSE
SIMILARITY
title_short Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
title_full Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
title_fullStr Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
title_full_unstemmed Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
title_sort Honeybees generalize among pollen scents from plants flowering in the same seasonal period
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pietrantuono, Ana Laura
Requier, Fabrice
Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina
Winter, Josefina
Huerta, Guillermo
Guerrieri, Fernando Javier
author Pietrantuono, Ana Laura
author_facet Pietrantuono, Ana Laura
Requier, Fabrice
Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina
Winter, Josefina
Huerta, Guillermo
Guerrieri, Fernando Javier
author_role author
author2 Requier, Fabrice
Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina
Winter, Josefina
Huerta, Guillermo
Guerrieri, Fernando Javier
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv APIS MELLIFERA
CONDITIONING
PALINOLOGY
PROBOSCIS EXENSION RESPONSE
SIMILARITY
topic APIS MELLIFERA
CONDITIONING
PALINOLOGY
PROBOSCIS EXENSION RESPONSE
SIMILARITY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv When honey bees (Apis mellifera)feed on flowers they extend their proboscis to absorb the nectar, i.e. they perform the proboscisextension response (PER). The presence of pollen and/or nectar can beassociated with odors, colors or visual patterns, which allows the bee torecognize food sources in the environment. Bees can associate similar, thoughdifferent, stimuli with the presence of food; i.e. bees discriminate and generalize among stimuli. Here, we evaluated generalization among pollen scents from six different plantspecies. Experiments were based on the PER conditioning protocol over twophases: (1) Conditioning, in whichbees associated the scent of each pollen type with sucrose, and (2) Test, in which bees were presented witha novel scent, to evaluate generalization. Generalization was evinced by beesextending their proboscis to a novel scent. The level of PER increased over thecourse of the conditioning phase for all pollen scents. Bees generalizedpollenfrom Pyracantha coccinea and from Hypochaeris radicata. These two plants havedifferent amountsamount of protein and are not taxonomically related. WeW suggest that both pollen types may share volatile compoundsthat play key roles in perception similarity. Our results highlight theimportance of analyzing the implications of the generalization betweenpollen types of different nutritional quality, since it could provide valuableinformation for beekeeping and agricultural producers (generalization of apollen of lower quality towards one of higher quality can benefit thedevelopment of the hive, increase pollination or honey production). Besides, weobserved that not only chemical features but also temporality are parametersdefining olfactory similarity.
Fil: Pietrantuono, Ana Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Requier, Fabrice. Université Paris Sud; Francia
Fil: Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Winter, Josefina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial; Argentina
Fil: Huerta, Guillermo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Guerrieri, Fernando Javier. Universite de Tours; Francia
description When honey bees (Apis mellifera)feed on flowers they extend their proboscis to absorb the nectar, i.e. they perform the proboscisextension response (PER). The presence of pollen and/or nectar can beassociated with odors, colors or visual patterns, which allows the bee torecognize food sources in the environment. Bees can associate similar, thoughdifferent, stimuli with the presence of food; i.e. bees discriminate and generalize among stimuli. Here, we evaluated generalization among pollen scents from six different plantspecies. Experiments were based on the PER conditioning protocol over twophases: (1) Conditioning, in whichbees associated the scent of each pollen type with sucrose, and (2) Test, in which bees were presented witha novel scent, to evaluate generalization. Generalization was evinced by beesextending their proboscis to a novel scent. The level of PER increased over thecourse of the conditioning phase for all pollen scents. Bees generalizedpollenfrom Pyracantha coccinea and from Hypochaeris radicata. These two plants havedifferent amountsamount of protein and are not taxonomically related. WeW suggest that both pollen types may share volatile compoundsthat play key roles in perception similarity. Our results highlight theimportance of analyzing the implications of the generalization betweenpollen types of different nutritional quality, since it could provide valuableinformation for beekeeping and agricultural producers (generalization of apollen of lower quality towards one of higher quality can benefit thedevelopment of the hive, increase pollination or honey production). Besides, weobserved that not only chemical features but also temporality are parametersdefining olfactory similarity.
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