东方蜜蜂(Apis cerana)对气味和颜色选择的联想记忆  

Memory of Association between Odor and Color about Apis cerana

作　　者：王钰冲[1] 陈伟文[1] 胡宗文[1] 董诗浩[1] 刘晰文[1] 谭垦[1] 

机构地区：[1]云南农业大学东方蜜蜂研究所,云南昆明650201

出　　处：《蜜蜂杂志》2013年第11期1-3,共3页Journal of Bee

基　　金：国家自然科学基金(31 260585)

摘　　要：蜜蜂是营社会性生活的昆虫,蜂群作为一个有机整体分工明确,采集蜂负责食物采集,食物的采集对于整个蜂群尤为重要。外界蜜源植物种类丰富,蜜源充足的区域会有多种花蜜供蜜蜂采集,侦查蜂发现蜜源地后飞回蜂巢,通过信息交流传递蜜源信息。在多重蜜源存在时,侦查蜂选择最佳蜜源并传递信息给其他采集蜂。实验使用盛有不同气味的糖(蜜)水的不同颜色的饲喂器训练蜜蜂上盘,观察蜜蜂采集食物时对气味和颜色选择的联想记忆情况。结果表明,当有其他饲喂盘与原饲喂盘同时存在的时候,蜜蜂仍选择采食原有气味和颜色的食物,对相关联的气味和颜色具有联想记忆能力。Honeybees are eusocial insects, a colony normally consists of three types of bees. As an organic entity, the division of labor among them is highly explicit and distinguishable. Foragers in charge of foraging which is very important to the colony. There are many kinds of plants which are full of all kinds of nectars. When the scout bees found the food source, they fly back to the colony. Thereafter, they communicate the information about the food source to the other foragers. In cases where a number of sources are available, the most desirable one would be chosen. This study implements feeders with different odour and colour in order to train the bees hovering above. The association between odour and colour of honeybees would be observed when they choose again. The results suggests that when we put 3 feeders together, most of the foragers still choose the feeder that they choose previously. Thus, we concluded that foragers have the ability of remembering the association between odour and colour.

关 键 词：气味 颜色 联想记忆 

分 类 号：S891.4[农业科学—特种经济动物饲养]