Biogenic Amines and Division of Labor in Honey Bee Colonies

蜜蜂群体中的生物胺和分工非技术摘要首席研究员吉恩·E·罗宾逊这个项目的目标是确定生物胺章鱼胺和5-羟色胺是否影响蜜蜂从在蜂箱中工作到承担更复杂的寻找花蜜和花粉的任务的成熟速度。如果生物胺确实以这种方式发挥作用，将进行研究，以确定它们是否与内分泌信号相互作用来影响这种调节。这项研究将涉及对单个蜜蜂大脑中生物胺的测量，生物胺和激素的治疗，以及详细的行为分析。已知生物胺对动物和人类的各种行为具有短期调节作用，但尚不清楚它们是否也调节从一个行为阶段到另一个行为阶段的长期发育转变。

Biogenic Amines and Division of Labor in Honey Bee ColoniesNon-technical AbstractGene E. Robinson, Principal Investigator The goal of this project is to determine whether the biogenic amines octopamine and serotonin influence the rate at which honey bees mature from working in the hive to taking on the more complex duties of foraging for nectar and pollen. If biogenic amines do function in this way, studies will be undertaken to determine whether they interact with endocrine signals to effect this regulation. The research will involve measurements of biogenic amines in the brains of individual bees, treatments of biogenic amines and hormones, and detailed behavioral analyses. Biogenic amines are known to exert short-term modulatory effects on a variety of behaviors in animals and humans but it is not known whether they also regulate long-term, developmental transitions from one behavioral phase to another.