Ability of Honeybee, Apis mellifera, to Detect and Discriminate Odors of Varieties of Canola (Brassica rapa and Brassica napus) and Snapdragon Flowers (Antirrhinum majus)
Ability of Honeybee, Apis mellifera, to Detect and Discriminate Odors of Varieties of Canola (Brassica rapa and Brassica napus) and Snapdragon Flowers (Antirrhinum majus)
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1015232608858
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发表时间：
2002-04
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Geraldine A. Wright;B. Skinner;B. Smith
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作者：
Geraldine A. Wright;B. Skinner;B. Smith
蜜蜂（Apis mellifera）在觅食过程中使用气味来识别和区分花朵。这一系列的实验研究了蜜蜂的能力，以检测和区分不同品种的两种油菜花（油菜和油菜），也在三个品种的金鱼草（金鱼草）之间的花香。个体工蜂使用长鼻延伸测定进行训练。蜜蜂在训练过程中区分花香和空气刺激的能力随着训练中使用的花朵数量的增加而增加。在两种不同的训练试验中，要求习惯于一种花的气味的蜜蜂将其与其他花的气味区分开来。蜜蜂无法区分花的品种水平，在一个随机呈现的加强花香和未加强花香。在第二种类型的测定中，蜜蜂用一种花卉品种训练40次试验，没有强化，然后用相同的品种或其他品种和物种进行测试。如果一只蜜蜂接受了各种油菜花的训练，它无法区分一种油菜花的气味和其他油菜花的气味，但它可以区分油菜花和金鱼草花的气味。接受金鱼草花气味训练的蜜蜂很容易区分出一种金鱼草的气味与其他品种的金鱼草和油菜花的气味。我们的研究表明，强度和气味质量影响蜜蜂区分花香的能力。
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) use odors to identify and discriminate among flowers during foraging. This series of experiments examined the ability of bees to detect and discriminate among the floral odors of different varieties of two species of canola (Brassica rapaandBrassica napus) and also among three varieties of snapdragons (Antirhinnum majus). Individual worker honeybees were trained using a proboscis extension assay. The ability of bees to distinguish a floral odor from an air stimulus during training increased as the number of flowers used during training increased. Bees conditioned to the odor of one variety of flower were asked to discriminate it from the odors of other flowers in two different training assays. Bees were unable to discriminate among flowers at the level of variety in a randomized presentation of a reinforced floral odor and an unreinforced floral odor. In the second type of assay, bees were trained with one floral variety for 40 trials without reinforcement and then tested with the same variety or with other varieties and species. If a bee had been trained with a variety of canola, it was unable to differentiate the odor of one canola flower from the odor of other canola flowers, but it could differentiate canola from the odor of a snapdragon flower. Bees trained with the odor of snapdragon flowers readily differentiated the odor of one variety of a snapdragon from the odor of other varieties of snapdragons and also canola flowers. Our study suggests that both intensity and odor quality affect the ability of honeybees to differentiate among floral perfumes.