Leonhardt, Sara Diana ; Zeilhofer, S. ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Schmitt, Thomas (2010)
Stingless bees use terpenes as olfactory cues to find resin sources.
In: Chemical Senses, 35 (7)
Article, Bibliographie
Abstract
Insects largely rely on olfactory cues when seeking and judging information on nests, partners, or resources. Bees are known to use volatile compounds - besides visual cues - to find flowers suitable for pollen and nectar collection. Tropical stingless bees additionally collect large amounts of plant resins for nest construction, nest maintenance, nest defense, and to derive chemical constituents for their cuticular profiles. We here demonstrate that stingless bees of Borneo also use olfactory cues to find tree resins. They rely on volatile mono- and sesquiterpenes to locate or recognize known resin sources. Moreover, by modifying resin extracts, we found that stingless bees do not use the entire resin bouquet but relative proportions of several terpenes. In doing so, the bees are able to learn specific tree resin profiles and distinguish between tree species and partly even tree individuals.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2010 |
| Creators: | Leonhardt, Sara Diana ; Zeilhofer, S. ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Schmitt, Thomas |
| Type of entry: | Bibliographie |
| Title: | Stingless bees use terpenes as olfactory cues to find resin sources |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Chemical Senses |
| Volume of the journal: | 35 |
| Issue Number: | 7 |
| URL / URN: | http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/7/603.abstract |
| Abstract: | Insects largely rely on olfactory cues when seeking and judging information on nests, partners, or resources. Bees are known to use volatile compounds - besides visual cues - to find flowers suitable for pollen and nectar collection. Tropical stingless bees additionally collect large amounts of plant resins for nest construction, nest maintenance, nest defense, and to derive chemical constituents for their cuticular profiles. We here demonstrate that stingless bees of Borneo also use olfactory cues to find tree resins. They rely on volatile mono- and sesquiterpenes to locate or recognize known resin sources. Moreover, by modifying resin extracts, we found that stingless bees do not use the entire resin bouquet but relative proportions of several terpenes. In doing so, the bees are able to learn specific tree resin profiles and distinguish between tree species and partly even tree individuals. |
| Divisions: | 10 Department of Biology ?? fb10_zoologie ?? 10 Department of Biology > Synthetic Ecological Networks |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2011 12:10 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2013 09:54 |
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