Sociochemicals of Bees

Duffield, R. M.; Wheeler, J. W.; Eickwort, George C.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-3368-3_14

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“…The Megachilidae is sister to the Apidae and has triglycerides, a trait shared with Anthophorini, which is basal to other apids (Cane 1981, Cane and Carlson 1984, Kronenberg and Hefetz 1984, Cardinal et al 2010). This trait is absent in other apids, who share esters as a common trait, suggesting that ester production may be a trait that evolved early during the diversification of the Apidae , Duffield et al 1984, Kronenberg and Hefetz 1984, Katzav-Gozansky et al 1997, Amsalem et al 2009). In the Vespoidea, again hydrocarbons are the trait common to most taxa, while the Formicidae show the presence of categories of compounds not found in other vespoids (see Fig.…”

Section: Chemistrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Branch lengths do not have any significance. References: 1 Rosi et al (2001), 2 Mehrnejad and Copland (2007), 3 Vardal (2006), 4 Guillot et al (1974), 5 Vinson and Guillot (1972), 6 Lawrence and Akin (1990), 7 Vinson (1978), 8 de Freitas et al (2004, 9 Marris et al (1996), 10 Huang et al (2008), 11 Cane (1981), 12 Duffield et al (1983), 13 Hefetz (1987), 14 Ayasse et al (1990b), 15 Hefetz et al (1979), 16 Albans et al (1980), 17 Cane (1981), 18 Guedot et al (2006), 19 Cane (1981), 20 Brooks and Cane (1984), 21 Ayasse et al (1990a), 22 Smith et al (1985), 23 Barrows (1975a), 24 Barrows et al (1975b), 25 Ayasse et al (1993), 26 , 27 Hefetz (1987), 28 Smith and Wenzel (1988), 29 Cane and Carlson (1984), 30 Duffield et al (1984), 31 Norden et al (1980), 32 Hefetz et al (1982), 33 Shimron et al (1985), 34 Frankie and Vinson (1977), 35 Vinson et al (1978), 36 Katzav-Gozansky et al (2002), 37 Sole et al (2002), 38 Oldroyd et al (2002), 39 Katzav-Gozansky et al (2007), 40 Malka et al (2008), 41 Tengö et al (1991), 42 …”

Section: Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Function of the Dufour’s gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera

Mitra¹

2013

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The poison gland and Dufour's gland are the two glands associated with the sting apparatus in female Apocrita (Hymenoptera). While the poison gland usually functions as an integral part of the venom delivery system, the Dufour's gland has been found to differ in its function in various hymenopteran groups. Like all exocrine glands, the function of the Dufour's gland is to secrete chemicals, but the nature and function of the secretions varies in different taxa. Functions of the Dufour's gland secretions range from serving as a component of material used in nest building, larval food, and pheromones involved in communicative functions that are important for both solitary and social species. This review summarizes the different functions reported for the Dufour's gland in hymenopterans, illustrating how the Dufour's gland secretions can be adapted to give rise to various functions in response to different challenges posed by the ways of life followed by different taxa. Aspects of development, structure, chemistry and the evolution of different functions are also touched upon briefly.

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Section: Chemistrymentioning

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Function of the Dufour’s gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera

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2013

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“…Meliponine species that deposit mandibular gland secretions as foodmarking odors also use the same secretions as alarm pheromones (Kerr, 1969;Smith and Roubik, 1983;Johnson et al, 1985). Mandibular gland pheromones are involved in alarm J.C. Nieh and defense in a wide range of bee groups, including honeybees (Collins et al, 1989;Brockmann et al, 1998;Winston and Slessor, 1998) and the solitary Colletidae and Halictidae (Duffield et al, 1984), and thus mandibular gland odor-marking to indicate food resources may be apomorphic, evolving from a plesiomorphic alarm or defensive pheromone widely found in bees. However, the recent work of Jarau et al (2004) suggests that rigorous verification of the attractive properties of mandibular gland pheromone are necessary before this scenario can be further explored.…”

Section: Phylogeny and Evolutionmentioning

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Recruitment communication in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

2004

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-The stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) have evolved sophisticated communication systems that allow foragers to recruit nestmates to good resources. Over the past 50 years, a growing body of research has shown that foragers can communicate three-dimensional resource location, uncovered several potential communication mechanisms, and demonstrated new information transfer mechanisms. Some of these mechanisms are unique to stingless bees and some may provide insight into how the ability to encode location information, a form of functionally referential communication, has evolved in the highly social bees. The goal of this review is to examine meliponine recruitment communication, focusing on evidence for contact-based, visual, olfactory, and acoustic communication and what these mechanisms can tell us about the evolution of recruitment communication in stingless bees. Meliponini / information transfer / referential communication / recruitment / multimodality

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“…Honeybees do not lay trail pheromones per se, but they do have tarsal glands that produce an oily exudate, the socalled 'footprint pheromone', that is deposited wherever a bee walks. This may be used to help bees recognize a hive entrance (Butler et al 1969;Duffield et al 1984). Seeley (1977) did not propose how such walking bees might estimate the surface area of potential cavities or indeed if they use surface area at all in their estimation of volume.…”

Section: Measuring Areamentioning

confidence: 99%