Effects of social environment and worker mandibular glands on endocrine-mediated behavioral development in honey bees

1998 ◽  
Vol 183 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.-Y. Huang ◽  
E. Plettner ◽  
G. E. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Behavioral Development ◽  
Mandibular Glands

scholarly journals Deformed Wing Virus Infection in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 636-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman V. Koziy ◽  
Sarah C. Wood ◽  
Ivanna V. Kozii ◽  
Claire Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Igor Moshynskyy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Mandibular Glands ◽  
Deformed Wing Virus ◽  
Clinically Normal ◽  
Bee Health ◽  
Honey Bee Health ◽  
Honey Bee Workers

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a single-stranded RNA virus of honey bees ( Apis mellifera L.) transmitted by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Although DWV represents a major threat to honey bee health worldwide, the pathological basis of DWV infection is not well documented. The objective of this study was to investigate clinicopathological and histological aspects of natural DWV infection in honey bee workers. Emergence of worker honey bees was observed in 5 colonies that were clinically affected with DWV and the newly emerged bees were collected for histopathology. DWV-affected bees were 2 times slower to emerge and had 30% higher mortality compared to clinically normal bees. Hypopharyngeal glands in bees with DWV were hypoplastic, with fewer intracytoplasmic secretory vesicles; cells affected by apoptosis were observed more frequently. Mandibular glands were hypoplastic and were lined by cuboidal epithelium in severely affected bees compared to tall columnar epithelium in nonaffected bees. The DWV load was on average 1.7 × 106 times higher ( P < .001) in the severely affected workers compared to aged-matched sister honey bee workers that were not affected by deformed wing disease based on gross examination. Thus, DWV infection is associated with prolonged emergence, increased mortality during emergence, and hypoplasia of hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands in newly emerged worker honey bees in addition to previously reported deformed wing abnormalities.

LARVAL REARING BY WORKER HONEY BEES LACKING THEIR MANDIBULAR GLANDS: II. REARING BY LARGER NUMBERS OF WORKER BEES

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Shin Peng ◽  
S. C. Jay
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Royal Jelly ◽  
Mandibular Gland ◽  
Caste Differentiation ◽  
Larval Rearing ◽  
Mandibular Glands ◽  
Larval Food ◽  
Mandibular Gland Secretion ◽  
Final Development ◽  
Queen Cell

AbstractFurther experiments were done in an attempt to ascertain the significance of the mandibular glands of nurse bees in female caste differentiation. Groups of 200, 10-day-old nurse bees, with their mandibular glands removed, fed female larvae for 80 h in plastic queen cell cups in the laboratory. After this, each larva finished feeding in a 4-day-old queen cell containing "royal jelly"; final development occurred in an artificial pupation dish. Because four adults, classified as "queenlike intermediates," were reared it appears that (1) mandibular gland secretion is less important as a larval food than that of the hypopharyngeal glands, and (2) if a "queen determining substance" exists the mandibular glands are not its only source.

scholarly journals A new device for monitoring individual activity rhythms of honey bees reveals critical effects of the social environment on behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 202 (8) ◽  
pp. 555-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Beer ◽  
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter ◽  
Stephan Härtel ◽  
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Individual Activity ◽  
Activity Rhythms ◽  
New Device ◽  
The Social

Protein feed stimulates the development of mandibular glands of honey bees (Apis mellifera)

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-171
Author(s):  
Marcelo P Camilli ◽  
Daniel C B de Barros ◽  
Luis A Justulin ◽  
Marcos L P Tse ◽  
Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Mandibular Glands ◽  
Protein Feed

LARVAL REARING BY WORKER HONEY BEES LACKING THEIR MANDIBULAR GLANDS: I. REARING BY SMALL NUMBERS OF WORKER BEES

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (9) ◽  
pp. 1175-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Shin Peng ◽  
S. C. Jay
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Caste Differentiation ◽  
Larval Rearing ◽  
Mandibular Glands ◽  
Queen Cell

AbstractExperiments were done in an attempt to ascertain the significance of the mandibular glands of nurse bees in female caste differentiation. Groups of 30 or 75, 10-day-old nurse bees, with their mandibular glands removed, were caged in the laboratory. Each group was provided with female larvae in plastic queen cell cups. The treated nurse bees were able to rear a few pupae, from these larvae, which were classified as queenlike intermediates while the untreated nurse bees reared pupae or adults which were classified as queens or queenlike intermediates.

Effects of colony food shortage on behavioral development in honey bees

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 295-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Schulz ◽  
Zhi-Yong Huang ◽  
Gene E. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Behavioral Development ◽  
Food Shortage
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