IFIBYNE   05513
INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGIA, BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Y NEUROCIENCIAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Olfactory information transfer during recruitment in honeybees.
Autor/es:
FARINA WM; GRÜTER, CHRISTOPH; ARENAS, ANDRÉS
Lugar:
Berlin
Reunión:
Workshop; Symposium on honeybee neurobiology; 2010
Institución organizadora:
Frei-Universitaet Berlin
Resumen:
Honey bee colonies show several communication mechanisms to coordinate collective tasks based mainly on the transference of local information through different sensory modalities. The most studied and conspicuous is the waggle dance, which involves signal transmission and provides nest-mates with information about the location of a foraging or nest site. However, these in-hive recruitment strategies are expectable to be improved by the use of olfactory information about food sources handled by nest mates. Here we will address how the waggle dance facilitates the acquisition and the retrieval of food odor information and how prior olfactory experiences alter the interaction patterns among nest-mate within the dancing and the food-unloading context. Moreover, we considered the fact that olfactory information could affect the food preferences of foragers even if it is not acquired within the recruitment context. The discussed results show that odor learning inside the hive is an important component in the honeybee recruitment system and would have long-term consequences for foraging decisions.