COMB WAX MEDIATES THE ACQUISITION OF NEST-MATE RECOGNITION CUES IN HONEY BEES
COMB WAX MEDIATES THE ACQUISITION OF NEST-MATE RECOGNITION CUES IN HONEY BEES
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.85.22.8766
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发表时间：
1988-11-01
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
FEWELL, JH
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作者：
BREED, MD;WILLIAMS, KR;FEWELL, JH
蜜蜂，意大利蜜蜂，获得巢伴侣识别线索从蜡，主要材料用于筑巢。暴露的一个新出现的工蜂蜡梳基板显着降低了接受的工人姐妹蜜蜂。从梳子上获得的线索提供了关于工蜂身份的殖民地特异性信息;此外，梳子暴露的效果先前已被证明可以覆盖单独产生的线索。食物气味（茴香油），当溶解在石蜡中，影响工人的识别特性，但食物气味不影响这些特性时，喂给蜜蜂的糖果。单独的石蜡并不影响蜜蜂的识别线索，表明蜡可以是一个中性介质的传输线索。殖民地中的蜡巢和蜜蜂表皮的碳氢化合物外层可能是蜜蜂在巢友识别中使用的任何碳氢化合物可溶性物质的连续介质，如果是这样，则提供了蜜蜂获得环境线索的机制。
Honey bees, Apis mellifera, acquire nest-mate recognition cues from wax, the predominant material used in nest construction. Exposure of a newly emerged worker bee to wax-comb substrate significantly reduced the acceptability of the worker to sister bees. Cues acquired from the comb provided colony-specific information about the identity of worker bees; moreover, the effect of comb exposure has been previously shown to override individually produced cues. Food odors (anise oil), when dissolved in paraffin wax, affected worker-recognition characteristics but food odors did not affect these characteristics when fed to bees in sugar candy. Paraffin wax alone did not affect the recognition cues of bees, showing that the wax can be a neutral medium for the transmission of cues. The wax comb in the colony and the hydrocarbon outer layer of the bee cuticle may be a continuous medium for any hydrocarbon-soluble substances used by honey bees in nest-mate recognition if so, a mechanism by which environmental cues are acquired by honey bees is provided.