Importance of social stimuli for the development of learning capability in honeybees

• Ichikawa Naoko

  Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tamagawa University

• Sasaki Masami

  Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tamagawa University

抄録

The learning ability of the European honeybee, Apis mellifera, is well known. However, in a proboscis-extension reflex (PER) assay, newly emerged and very young worker bees could not associate a given odor (conditioned stimulus, CS) with a sucrose reward (unconditioned stimulus, US): This ability was acquired 5 to 9 days after emergence in workers, while it was accomplished 2 to 5 days after emergence in drones, probably reflecting the earlier onset of flight in drones. When workers are reared individually in a confined condition deprived of colony odor and other social stimuli, they do not develop the ability even after 9 days after emergence. In a series of experiments subjecting the bees to the confined condition for various lengths and timings, the important period for acquiring the learning ability was from day 2 to 6 after emergence. However, even bees that acquired the ability lost it when exposed to the confined (stimuli-deprived) condition for the next 15 days, meaning that the continuous input of appropriate sensory stimuli is essential for both acquiring and maintaining the learning capability.

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  Ａｐｐｌｉｅｄ　Ｅｎｔｏｍｏｌｏｇｙ　ａｎｄ　Ｚｏｏｌｏｇｙ 38 (2), 203-209, 2003

  日本応用動物昆虫学会

キーワード

• learning
• social stimuli
• proboscis-extension reflex
• honeybee
• <i>Apis mellifera</i>

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282681220516224
• NII論文ID: 110001102731
• NII書誌ID: AA00543238
• DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.203
• ISSN: 1347605X
• ISSN: 00036862
• NDL書誌ID: 6538412
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/6538412
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I6538412
• 本文言語コード: en
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