Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera
Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We...
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| author | Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz Parreño, María Alejandra Liendo, María Clara Cladera, Jorge Luis Spivak, Marla Palacio, María Alejandra |
| author_browse | Cladera, Jorge Luis Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz Liendo, María Clara Palacio, María Alejandra Parreño, María Alejandra Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla Spivak, Marla |
| author_facet | Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz Parreño, María Alejandra Liendo, María Clara Cladera, Jorge Luis Spivak, Marla Palacio, María Alejandra |
| author_sort | Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla |
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| description | Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We investigated the temporal performance and the dynamics of task-specialisation of individual bees over time, both in selected hygienic (H) and non-hygienic (NH) colonies. Then we evaluated the impact of these behavioural aspects on the colony performance. Bees that perform hygienic behaviour (hygienic bees) in our H colonies were more persistent in the hygienic activities throughout the days of the investigation. Such bees were more efficient in the removal of pin-killed brood than hygienic bees in the NH colonies. Hygienic bees in the H colonies were also specialist in the sub-tasks involved in the detection of odour stimulus from dead brood and continued to perform these activities throughout the days of the investigation (temporal persistence). Age-distribution of hygienic bees in the H colonies was asymmetrical, with a larger proportion of these bees performing hygienic activities early in life. At a colony-level, H
showed higher efficiency compared to the NH colonies. The present results highlight the fact that individual behaviour may influence the collective dynamics of the hygienic behaviour in honeybee colonies. The results also note that the selection for highly hygienic colonies would result in changes in individual bees that improve the performance of the behaviour at the colony level. The relevance of task-partitioning and age-specialisation
of hygienic bees on social immunity is discussed. |
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| spelling | INTA5212019-01-22T18:35:43Z Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz Parreño, María Alejandra Liendo, María Clara Cladera, Jorge Luis Spivak, Marla Palacio, María Alejandra Abeja Melífera Apis Mellifera Precocidad Comportamiento Resistencia a la Enfermedad Inmunidad Colonia de Abejas Honey Bees Precocity Behaviour Disease Resistance Immunity Bee Colonies Hygienic Behaviour Polietismo Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion and propensity of individual worker bees that engage in hygienic activities. We investigated the temporal performance and the dynamics of task-specialisation of individual bees over time, both in selected hygienic (H) and non-hygienic (NH) colonies. Then we evaluated the impact of these behavioural aspects on the colony performance. Bees that perform hygienic behaviour (hygienic bees) in our H colonies were more persistent in the hygienic activities throughout the days of the investigation. Such bees were more efficient in the removal of pin-killed brood than hygienic bees in the NH colonies. Hygienic bees in the H colonies were also specialist in the sub-tasks involved in the detection of odour stimulus from dead brood and continued to perform these activities throughout the days of the investigation (temporal persistence). Age-distribution of hygienic bees in the H colonies was asymmetrical, with a larger proportion of these bees performing hygienic activities early in life. At a colony-level, H showed higher efficiency compared to the NH colonies. The present results highlight the fact that individual behaviour may influence the collective dynamics of the hygienic behaviour in honeybee colonies. The results also note that the selection for highly hygienic colonies would result in changes in individual bees that improve the performance of the behaviour at the colony level. The relevance of task-partitioning and age-specialisation of hygienic bees on social immunity is discussed. Inst. de Genética "Ewald A. Favret"- IGEAF Fil: Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina Fil: Parreño, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina Fil: Liendo, María Clara. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Cladera, Jorge Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina Fil: Spivak, Marla. University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology; Estados Unidos Fil: Palacio, María Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina 2017-06-29T14:12:05Z 2017-06-29T14:12:05Z 2016 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/521 https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/181247 https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jas.2016.60.issue-1/jas-2016-0006/jas-2016-0006.pdf https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0006 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Journal of apicultural science, 60 (1) : 63-74. |
| spellingShingle | Abeja Melífera Apis Mellifera Precocidad Comportamiento Resistencia a la Enfermedad Inmunidad Colonia de Abejas Honey Bees Precocity Behaviour Disease Resistance Immunity Bee Colonies Hygienic Behaviour Polietismo Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz Parreño, María Alejandra Liendo, María Clara Cladera, Jorge Luis Spivak, Marla Palacio, María Alejandra Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| title | Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| title_full | Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| title_fullStr | Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| title_short | Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| title_sort | individual precocity temporal persistence and task specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera |
| topic | Abeja Melífera Apis Mellifera Precocidad Comportamiento Resistencia a la Enfermedad Inmunidad Colonia de Abejas Honey Bees Precocity Behaviour Disease Resistance Immunity Bee Colonies Hygienic Behaviour Polietismo |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/521 https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/181247 https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jas.2016.60.issue-1/jas-2016-0006/jas-2016-0006.pdf https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0006 |
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