Associative olfactory learning of the red dwarf honey bee Apis florea
Associative olfactory learning of the red dwarf honey bee Apis florea
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红矮星蜜蜂 Apis florea 的联想嗅觉学习
作者：
R. Kaspi;S. Shafir
Apis florea在东南亚分布广泛，是当地的主要蜜蜂种类。这是一个很好的殖民者，表明先进的行为可塑性。采用喙伸展反应（PER）条件化方法，对A. florea联想嗅觉学习能力，并比较它的学习性能的意大利蜜蜂。A. florea工人的反应，纯气味（条件刺激），只有当它是在成对的协会与蔗糖奖励（无条件刺激），并区分奖励和无奖励的气味。此外，A.在嗅觉联想学习中，florea的习得水平高于A。在24 h后的学习记忆保持率均高于意大利蜜蜂。意利费拉。结果表明，A.可以使用PER程序研究florea，扩大了未来蜜蜂联想嗅觉学习能力比较研究的范围。
Apis florea has a wide distribution in southeast Asia, where it is the dominant honey bee species. It is an excellent colonizer, suggesting advanced behavioral plasticity. Using the proboscis extension response (PER) conditioning method, we investigated A. florea associative olfactory learning ability and compared it to the learning performances of Apis mellifera. A. florea workers reacted to pure odorant (conditioned stimulus) only when it was delivered in paired associations with sucrose rewards (unconditioned stimulus), and discriminated between a rewarded and unrewarded odor. Moreover, A. florea levels of acquisition in olfactory associative learning were higher in our study than those of A. mellifera, and they showed better retention of learning after 24 h than A. mellifera. Our results show that A. florea can be studied using PER procedures, enlarging the scope for future comparative studies of associative olfactory learning ability in bees.