DO SIMPLE RULES APPLY IN HONEYBEE NESTMATE DISCRIMINATION
DO SIMPLE RULES APPLY IN HONEYBEE NESTMATE DISCRIMINATION
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DOI:
10.1038/357685a0
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发表时间:
1992-06-25
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
JULIAN, GE
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作者:
BREED, MD;JULIAN, GE
How do honey-bees integrate cues in nestmate recognition? Honey-bees are able to discriminate nestmates from non-nestmates using olfactory cues or contact chemoreception. Nestmates may differ from non-nestmates in either cues produced by the individuals, which have a genetic basis, or in cues that are acquired from the hive environment. Recognitive cues are learned by worker bees early in adult life; the learned cue profile serves as a template for comparison and determination of the colonial membership of bees that are encountered. We report here the response of bees to two cues: hexadecane and methyl docosonoate.