基于RFID技术的西方蜜蜂采集行为研究  

Study on foraging behaviors of honeybee Apis mellifera based on RFID technology

作　　者：田柳青[1] 何旭江[1,2] 吴小波[1] 甘海燕[1] 韩旭[1] 刘浩[1] 曾志将[1] 

机构地区：[1]江西农业大学蜜蜂研究所,南昌330045 [2]江西省养蜂研究所,南昌330052

出　　处：《应用生态学报》2014年第3期831-835,共5页Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

基　　金：国家蜂产业技术体系项目(CARS-45-kxj12)资助

摘　　要：蜜蜂能够灵活调整出巢觅食行为，从而有效保证蜂群的正常发育与繁衍．为了探索采集蜂的行为特性，本文利用由江西农业大学蜜蜂研究所与广州市远望谷信息技术股份有限公司合作研发的蜜蜂无线射频识别（RFID）系统，对西方蜜蜂进行为期38d的全天候监控记录．结果表明：两蜂群中分别有63．4％和64，5％的采集蜂存在轮休现象，轮休时间比例为22．5％～26．4％；轮休与非轮休蜜蜂的采集工作总量差异不显著，但轮休蜜蜂寿命显著高于非轮休蜜蜂；提前发育的采集蜂的寿命显著低于正常采集蜂．本研究丰富了蜜蜂社会行为学内容，为进一步探索蜜蜂采集行为的形成机制奠定了基础．Honeybee foragers can flexibly adjust their out-hive activities to ensure growth and reproduction of the colony. In order to explore the characteristics of honey bees foraging behaviors, in this study, their flight activities were monitored 24 hours per day for a duration of 38 days, using an radio frequency identification （RFID） system designed and manufactured by the Honeybee Research Institute of Jiangxi Agricultural University in cooperation with the Guangzhou Invengo Information Technology Co. , Ltd. Our results indicated that 63.4% and 64.5% of foragers were found rotating more than one day off during the foraging period in two colonies, and 22.5% and 26.4% of the total foraging days were used for rest respectively. Further, although the total foraging time between rotating day-off foragers and continuously working foragers was equal, the former had a sig- nificant longer lifespan than the latter. Additionally, the lifespan of the early developed foragers was significantly lower than that of the normally developed foragers. This study enriched the content of foraging behaviors of honey bees, and it could be used as the basis for the further explorations on evolutionary mechanism of foraging behaviors of eusocial insects.

关 键 词：无线射频识别 采集蜂 轮休 采集工作量 寿命 

分 类 号：S891[农业科学—特种经济动物饲养]