Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera

Autores
Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Parreño, María Alejandra; Liendo, María Clara; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Spivak, Marla; Palacio, Marí­a Alejandra
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2016
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Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We investigated the temporal performance and the dynamics of task-specialisation of individual bees over time, both in selected hygienic (H) and non-hygienic (NH) colonies. Then we evaluated the impact of these behavioural aspects on the colony performance. Bees that perform hygienic behaviour (hygienic bees) in our H colonies were more persistent in the hygienic activities throughout the days of the investigation. Such bees were more efficient in the removal of pin-killed brood than hygienic bees in the NH colonies. Hygienic bees in the H colonies were also specialist in the sub-tasks involved in the detection of odour stimulus from dead brood and continued to perform these activities throughout the days of the investigation (temporal persistence). Age-distribution of hygienic bees in the H colonies was asymmetrical, with a larger proportion of these bees performing hygienic activities early in life. At a colony-level, H showed higher efficiency compared to the NH colonies. The present results highlight the fact that individual behaviour may influence the collective dynamics of the hygienic behaviour in honeybee colonies. The results also note that the selection for highly hygienic colonies would result in changes in individual bees that improve the performance of the behaviour at the colony level. The relevance of task-partitioning and age-specialisation of hygienic bees on social immunity is discussed.
Inst. de Genética "Ewald A. Favret"- IGEAF
Fil: Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina
Fil: Parreño, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina
Fil: Liendo, María Clara. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Cladera, Jorge Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina
Fil: Spivak, Marla. University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology; Estados Unidos
Fil: Palacio, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina
Fuente
Journal of apicultural science, 60 (1) : 63-74.
Materia
Abeja Melífera
Apis Mellifera
Precocidad
Comportamiento
Resistencia a la Enfermedad
Inmunidad
Colonia de Abejas
Honey Bees
Precocity
Behaviour
Disease Resistance
Immunity
Bee Colonies
Hygienic Behaviour
Polietismo
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spelling Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis melliferaScannapieco, Alejandra CarlaLanzavecchia, Silvia BeatrizParreño, María AlejandraLiendo, María ClaraCladera, Jorge LuisSpivak, MarlaPalacio, Marí­a AlejandraAbeja MelíferaApis MelliferaPrecocidadComportamientoResistencia a la EnfermedadInmunidadColonia de AbejasHoney BeesPrecocityBehaviourDisease ResistanceImmunityBee ColoniesHygienic BehaviourPolietismoHygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We investigated the temporal performance and the dynamics of task-specialisation of individual bees over time, both in selected hygienic (H) and non-hygienic (NH) colonies. Then we evaluated the impact of these behavioural aspects on the colony performance. Bees that perform hygienic behaviour (hygienic bees) in our H colonies were more persistent in the hygienic activities throughout the days of the investigation. Such bees were more efficient in the removal of pin-killed brood than hygienic bees in the NH colonies. Hygienic bees in the H colonies were also specialist in the sub-tasks involved in the detection of odour stimulus from dead brood and continued to perform these activities throughout the days of the investigation (temporal persistence). Age-distribution of hygienic bees in the H colonies was asymmetrical, with a larger proportion of these bees performing hygienic activities early in life. At a colony-level, H showed higher efficiency compared to the NH colonies. The present results highlight the fact that individual behaviour may influence the collective dynamics of the hygienic behaviour in honeybee colonies. The results also note that the selection for highly hygienic colonies would result in changes in individual bees that improve the performance of the behaviour at the colony level. The relevance of task-partitioning and age-specialisation of hygienic bees on social immunity is discussed.Inst. de Genética "Ewald A. Favret"- IGEAFFil: Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; ArgentinaFil: Parreño, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; ArgentinaFil: Liendo, María Clara. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Cladera, Jorge Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; ArgentinaFil: Spivak, Marla. University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology; Estados UnidosFil: Palacio, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina2017-06-29T14:12:05Z2017-06-29T14:12:05Z2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/521https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/181247https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jas.2016.60.issue-1/jas-2016-0006/jas-2016-0006.pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0006Journal of apicultural science, 60 (1) : 63-74.reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2025-10-16T09:28:56Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/521instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-10-16 09:28:56.479INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
title Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
spellingShingle Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla
Abeja Melífera
Apis Mellifera
Precocidad
Comportamiento
Resistencia a la Enfermedad
Inmunidad
Colonia de Abejas
Honey Bees
Precocity
Behaviour
Disease Resistance
Immunity
Bee Colonies
Hygienic Behaviour
Polietismo
title_short Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
title_full Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
title_fullStr Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
title_full_unstemmed Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
title_sort Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla
Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz
Parreño, María Alejandra
Liendo, María Clara
Cladera, Jorge Luis
Spivak, Marla
Palacio, Marí­a Alejandra
author Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla
author_facet Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla
Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz
Parreño, María Alejandra
Liendo, María Clara
Cladera, Jorge Luis
Spivak, Marla
Palacio, Marí­a Alejandra
author_role author
author2 Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz
Parreño, María Alejandra
Liendo, María Clara
Cladera, Jorge Luis
Spivak, Marla
Palacio, Marí­a Alejandra
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Abeja Melífera
Apis Mellifera
Precocidad
Comportamiento
Resistencia a la Enfermedad
Inmunidad
Colonia de Abejas
Honey Bees
Precocity
Behaviour
Disease Resistance
Immunity
Bee Colonies
Hygienic Behaviour
Polietismo
topic Abeja Melífera
Apis Mellifera
Precocidad
Comportamiento
Resistencia a la Enfermedad
Inmunidad
Colonia de Abejas
Honey Bees
Precocity
Behaviour
Disease Resistance
Immunity
Bee Colonies
Hygienic Behaviour
Polietismo
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We investigated the temporal performance and the dynamics of task-specialisation of individual bees over time, both in selected hygienic (H) and non-hygienic (NH) colonies. Then we evaluated the impact of these behavioural aspects on the colony performance. Bees that perform hygienic behaviour (hygienic bees) in our H colonies were more persistent in the hygienic activities throughout the days of the investigation. Such bees were more efficient in the removal of pin-killed brood than hygienic bees in the NH colonies. Hygienic bees in the H colonies were also specialist in the sub-tasks involved in the detection of odour stimulus from dead brood and continued to perform these activities throughout the days of the investigation (temporal persistence). Age-distribution of hygienic bees in the H colonies was asymmetrical, with a larger proportion of these bees performing hygienic activities early in life. At a colony-level, H showed higher efficiency compared to the NH colonies. The present results highlight the fact that individual behaviour may influence the collective dynamics of the hygienic behaviour in honeybee colonies. The results also note that the selection for highly hygienic colonies would result in changes in individual bees that improve the performance of the behaviour at the colony level. The relevance of task-partitioning and age-specialisation of hygienic bees on social immunity is discussed.
Inst. de Genética "Ewald A. Favret"- IGEAF
Fil: Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina
Fil: Parreño, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina
Fil: Liendo, María Clara. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Cladera, Jorge Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina
Fil: Spivak, Marla. University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology; Estados Unidos
Fil: Palacio, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina
description Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We investigated the temporal performance and the dynamics of task-specialisation of individual bees over time, both in selected hygienic (H) and non-hygienic (NH) colonies. Then we evaluated the impact of these behavioural aspects on the colony performance. Bees that perform hygienic behaviour (hygienic bees) in our H colonies were more persistent in the hygienic activities throughout the days of the investigation. Such bees were more efficient in the removal of pin-killed brood than hygienic bees in the NH colonies. Hygienic bees in the H colonies were also specialist in the sub-tasks involved in the detection of odour stimulus from dead brood and continued to perform these activities throughout the days of the investigation (temporal persistence). Age-distribution of hygienic bees in the H colonies was asymmetrical, with a larger proportion of these bees performing hygienic activities early in life. At a colony-level, H showed higher efficiency compared to the NH colonies. The present results highlight the fact that individual behaviour may influence the collective dynamics of the hygienic behaviour in honeybee colonies. The results also note that the selection for highly hygienic colonies would result in changes in individual bees that improve the performance of the behaviour at the colony level. The relevance of task-partitioning and age-specialisation of hygienic bees on social immunity is discussed.
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