Robustness of collective scenting in the presence of physical obstacles
Robustness of collective scenting in the presence of physical obstacles
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在存在物理障碍的情况下集体嗅觉的稳健性
DOI：
10.1007/s10015-021-00712-z
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Peleg, Orit
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作者：
Nguyen, Dieu My;Fard, Golnar Gharooni;Iuzzolino, Michael L.;Peleg, Orit
蜜蜂（Apis melliferaL.）聚集在蚁后周围，通过共同组织一个通信网络来传播挥发性信息素信号。我们之前的研究表明，单个蜜蜂会“闻”出信息素，并扇起翅膀来引导信号流，从而创建一个高效的搜索和聚合过程。在这项工作中，我们引入了物理障碍的形式，部分地阻止信息素信号，并防止一个广泛开放的路径女王的环境压力。我们采用机器学习方法从实验记录中提取数据，并表明，在存在障碍物的情况下，蜜蜂需要更多的时间，但仍然可以有效地采用集体嗅闻策略来克服障碍并聚集在女王周围。此外，我们通过向蜜蜂提供迷宫来导航到女王来增加环境的复杂性。蜜蜂需要更多的时间和探索，以形成一个更密集的通信网络。总的来说，我们表明，给定挥发性信息素信号和仅本地通信，蜜蜂可以在具有物理障碍物的复杂非结构化环境中集体解决群集过程，并且当障碍物是一个更复杂的迷宫时达到极限。
Honey bees (Apis melliferaL.) aggregate around the queen by collectively organizing a communication network to propagate volatile pheromone signals. Our previous study shows that individual bees “scent” to emit pheromones and fan their wings to direct the signal flow, creating an efficient search and aggregation process. In this work, we introduce environmental stressors in the form of physical obstacles that partially block pheromone signals and prevent a wide open path to the queen. We employ machine learning methods to extract data from the experimental recordings, and show that in the presence of an obstacle that blocks most of the path to the queen, the bees need more time but can still effectively employ the collective scenting strategy to overcome the obstacle and aggregate around the queen. Further, we increase the complexity of the environment by presenting the bees with a maze to navigate to the queen. The bees require more time and exploration to form a more populated communication network. Overall, we show that given volatile pheromone signals and only local communication, the bees can collectively solve the swarming process in a complex unstructured environment with physical obstacles and hit a limit when the obstacle is a much more complex maze.
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.2011916118
发表时间：
2021-03-30
影响因子：
11.1
作者：
Nguyen DMT;Iuzzolino ML;Mankel A;Bozek K;Stephens GJ;Peleg O
通讯作者：
Peleg O
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
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作者：
N. E. Mcindoo
通讯作者：
N. E. Mcindoo
里程计和昆虫导航
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
H. Wolf
通讯作者：
H. Wolf