scholarly journals Genotype and task influence stinging response thresholds of honeybee (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.) workers of African and European descent

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 279-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose L. Uribe-Rubio ◽  
Tatiana Petukhova ◽  
Ernesto Guzman-Novoa
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
European Descent ◽  
Response Thresholds ◽  
And Task

Time-accuracy trade-off and task partitioning of hygienic behavior among honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Barrs ◽  
M. Omar Ani ◽  
Kimberlyn K. Eversman ◽  
Jonathan T. Rowell ◽  
Kaira M. Wagoner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Hygienic Behavior ◽  
Task Partitioning ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Time Accuracy ◽  
And Task

Subfamily recognition and task specialisation in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin P. Oldroyd ◽  
Thomas E. Rinderer ◽  
James R. Schwenke ◽  
Steven M. Buco
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
And Task

scholarly journals Tachykinin signaling inhibits task-specific behavioral responsiveness in honeybee workers

eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Han ◽  
Qiaohong Wei ◽  
Fan Wu ◽  
Han Hu ◽  
Chuan Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
Apis Cerana ◽  
Context Specificity ◽  
Downstream Signaling ◽  
Behavioral Specialization ◽  
Behavioral Responsiveness ◽  
Response Thresholds

Behavioral specialization is key to the success of social insects and leads to division of labor among colony members. Response thresholds to task-specific stimuli are thought to proximally regulate behavioral specialization but their neurobiological regulation is complex and not well-understood. Here, we show that response thresholds to task-relevant stimuli correspond to the specialization of three behavioral phenotypes of honeybee workers in the well-studied and important Apis mellifera and Apis cerana. Quantitative neuropeptidome comparisons suggest two tachykinin-related peptides (TRP2 and TRP3) as candidates for the modification of these response thresholds. Based on our characterization of their receptor binding and downstream signaling, we confirm a functional role of tachykinin signaling in regulating specific responsiveness of honeybee workers: TRP2 injection and RNAi-mediated downregulation cause consistent, opposite effects on responsiveness to task-specific stimuli of each behaviorally specialized phenotype but not to stimuli that are unrelated to their tasks. Thus, our study demonstrates that TRP-signaling regulates the degree of task-specific responsiveness of specialized honeybee workers and may control the context-specificity of behavior in animals more generally.

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