Collaborative Research: Nestmate Recognition in Honey Bees

合作研究：蜜蜂的巢友识别

• 批准号: 8911078
• 负责人: Michael Breed
• 金额: $ 17.1万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-07-15 至 1993-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8911078&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Nestmate; Recognition; Honey

Animals, in general, do not behave in the same way toward all the members of their species. Sex, age, and reproductive status are all examples of well-known factors that might change how members of the same species interact. Less well known, and more recently discovered, is the fact that genetic relationship can also affect interactions. In this collaborative research project, Dr. Michael D. Breed, of the University of Colorado, and Dr. Robert E. Page, Jr., of the University of California at Davis, will conduct experiments to determine how genetic relationship affects social interactions among honey bees. Drs. Breed and Page will try to identify the chemicals used by bees to recognize genetic relationship. They also will investigate exactly how this information is used in social interactions. This research is important because the details of how genetic relationship affects social interaction are not well understood in any species. Thus, the findings may help to generate new, broadly generalizable, understanding of how animals behave. This work on honey bees may also help in improving management techniques for the economically important apiculture industry.

一般来说，动物不会以同样的方式对待它们物种的所有成员。性别、年龄和生殖状态都是众所周知的因素，可能会改变同一物种成员之间的互动方式。不太为人所知，但最近才被发现的事实是，遗传关系也会影响相互作用。在这个合作研究项目中，科罗拉多大学的Michael D. Breed博士和加州大学戴维斯分校的Robert E. Page博士将进行实验，以确定遗传关系如何影响蜜蜂之间的社会互动。Drs。布里德和佩奇将尝试识别蜜蜂使用的化学物质来识别遗传关系。他们还将调查这些信息是如何在社会互动中使用的。这项研究很重要，因为遗传关系如何影响社会互动的细节在任何物种中都没有得到很好的理解。因此，这些发现可能有助于对动物的行为产生新的、广泛的理解。这项关于蜜蜂的工作也可能有助于改善具有重要经济意义的养蜂业的管理技术。