Circadian locomotor rhythms in individual honeybees

Moore, Darrell; Rankin, Mary Ann

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1985.tb00034.x

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“…In addition, the honey bee circadian system regulates complex physiological and behavioral processes such as sleep stages, spatiotemporal learning, sun-compass navigation, time perception, division of labor, mating and reproduction (von Frisch, 1967;Moore and Rankin, 1985;Goodwin and Lewis, 1987;Harano et al, 2007;Shemesh et al, 2007;Moore and Doherty, 2009;Johnson et al, 2010;Shemesh et al, 2010;Cheeseman et al, 2012;Eban-Rothschild and Bloch, 2012;GalindoCardona et al, 2012). Both the wide range of biological processes under circadian regulation and the extraordinary plasticity of the circadian network of these organisms potentially represent unique evolutionary challenges and solutions.…”

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“…Both the wide range of biological processes under circadian regulation and the extraordinary plasticity of the circadian network of these organisms potentially represent unique evolutionary challenges and solutions. Despite the potential insight into the functional and evolutionary relevance of circadian rhythms that could be uncovered from studying different social insects, only a few representatives (honey bees and bumble bees) have been studied in depth (Spangler, 1972;Moore and Rankin, 1985;Toma et al, 2000;Eban-Rothschild et al, 2011).…”

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Measuring individual locomotor rhythms in honey bees, paper wasps and similar sized insects

Giannoni-Guzmán

Avalos

Perez

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Circadian rhythms in social insects are highly plastic and are modulated by multiple factors. In addition, complex behaviors such as sun-compass orientation and time learning are clearly regulated by the circadian system in these organisms. Despite these unique features of social insect clocks, the mechanisms as well as the functional and evolutionary relevance of these traits remain largely unknown. Here we show a modification of the Drosophila activity monitoring (DAM) system that allowed us to measure locomotor rhythms of the honey bee, Apis mellifera (three variants; gAHB, carnica and caucasica), and two paper wasps (Polistes crinitus and Mischocyttarus phthisicus). A side-by-side comparison of the endogenous period under constant darkness (free-running period) led us to the realization that these social insects exhibit significant deviations from the Earth's 24 h rotational period as well as a large degree of inter-individual variation compared with Drosophila. Experiments at different temperatures, using honey bees as a model, revealed that testing the endogenous rhythm at 35°C, which is the hive's core temperature, results in average periods closer to 24 h compared with 25°C (23.8 h at 35°C versus 22.7 h at 25°C). This finding suggests that the degree of tuning of circadian temperature compensation varies among different organisms. We expect that the commercial availability, cost-effectiveness and integrated nature of this monitoring system will facilitate the growth of the circadian field in these social insects and catalyze our understanding of the mechanisms as well as the functional and evolutionary relevance of circadian rhythms.

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Measuring individual locomotor rhythms in honey bees, paper wasps and similar sized insects

Giannoni-Guzmán

Avalos

Perez

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…In contrast to Drosophila, honeybees (Apis mellifera) and bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) stay rhythmic in LL and show free-running circadian rhythms under such conditions (Frisch & Aschoff, 1987;Moore & Rankin, 1985;Spangler, 1972;Stelzer et al, 2010b). These findings suggest that cryptochrome is not responsible for the photic entrainment of their clocks.…”

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Daily Changes in Ultraviolet Light Levels Can Synchronize the Circadian Clock of Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Chittka

Stelzer

Stanewsky

2013

Chronobiology International

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Endogenous circadian clocks are synchronized to the 24-h day by external zeitgebers such as daily light and temperature cycles. Bumblebee foragers show diurnal rhythms under daily light:dark cycles and short-period freerunning circadian rhythms in constant light conditions in the laboratory. In contrast, during the continuous light conditions of the arctic summer, they show robust 24-h rhythms in their foraging patterns, meaning that some external zeitgeber must entrain their circadian clocks in the presence of constant light. Although the sun stays above the horizon for weeks during the arctic summer, the light quality, especially in the ultraviolet (UV) range, exhibits pronounced daily changes. Since the photoreceptors and photopigments that synchronize the circadian system of bees are not known, we tested if the circadian clocks of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) can be entrained by daily cycles in UV light levels. Bumblebee colonies were set up in the laboratory and exposed to 12 h:12 h UV + : UV− cycles in otherwise continuous lighting conditions by placing UV filters on their foraging arenas for 12 h each day. The activity patterns of individual bees were recorded using fully automatic radiofrequency identification (RFID). We found that colonies manipulated in such a way showed synchronized 24-h rhythms, whereas simultaneously tested control colonies with no variation in UV light levels showed free-running rhythms instead. The results of our study show that bumblebee circadian rhythms can indeed be synchronized by daily cycles in ambient light spectral composition. (Author correspondence: r.stanewsky@qmul.ac.uk)

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“…Animals that can learn when and where to expect resources out-compete animals that must rediscover a resource each time it is renewed. Time-place learning may be common in both eusocial and solitary insects, but has been studied only in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.), in which it is well known (Aschoff, 1986;Frisch and Aschoff, 1987;Gould, 1987a;Gould, 1987b;Moore and Rankin, 1985), and in ectatommine ants (Beugnon et al, 1996;Harrison and Breed, 1987;Schatz et al, 1994;Schatz et al, 1999).…”

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Time-place learning and the ecology of recruitment in a stingless bee, Trigona amalthea (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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-The stingless bee, Trigona amalthea (Olivier), has the ability to associate time and place with feeding. Bees learned to visit a training site during a feeding interval in order to acquire a reward. A lengthy period of anticipatory visits to the training site preceded the feeding interval. When a reward was not presented, visitation was high preceding and during the feeding interval but was rare following the feeding interval, behavior indicative of time-place learning. Additionally, we demonstrate that T. amalthea scouts recruit other workers to nectar baits, however, there is no relationship between the flight time to the colony and either the number of visits prior to recruitment or the number of workers recruited. Due to territoriality in this species, foraging ranges are truncated so that the expected reductions of foraging effort at the margins of the foraging territory are not observed. In T. amalthea a combination of time-place learning and recruitment allow for rapid mobilization of workers when food is available. stingless bee / Meliponinae / Trigona / foraging / learning / recruitment

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Circadian locomotor rhythms in individual honeybees

Cited by 70 publications

References 20 publications

Measuring individual locomotor rhythms in honey bees, paper wasps and similar sized insects

Measuring individual locomotor rhythms in honey bees, paper wasps and similar sized insects

Daily Changes in Ultraviolet Light Levels Can Synchronize the Circadian Clock of Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Time-place learning and the ecology of recruitment in a stingless bee, Trigona amalthea (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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