The neuroecology of olfaction in bees

Ramirez, W. Carolina Gomez; Thomas, Nyasha K.T.; Muktar, Iman J.; Riabinina, Olena

doi:10.1016/j.cois.2023.101018

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“…For example, Andrena vaga shows a strong response to 4-Oxoisophorone, a common constituent ni the scent of its host, Salix spp. Honeybees do not respond to this compound (Ramirez et al 2023).…”

Section: What Are Bees?mentioning

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Quinn

2021

Everything Is a Lab: Doing Ordinary Science

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Section: What Are Bees?mentioning

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2021

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Section: What Are Bees?mentioning

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Everything is a Lab: Doing Ordinary Science

2021

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This volume is a scrapbook and an experiment. It collects the artifacts, written and otherwise, of a year’s worth of public workshops that put science and technology studies and affect studies together. Through zinemaking, collaging, foraging, fermenting, perfuming, and walking together, we do ordinary science from the kitchen table and work to materialize alternative futures. Putting STS and affect bolsters literacies for how the world is being made and how we might make it differently. Contributors: Mathew Arthur, Debarah Bulford, Lindsey Freeman, Reuben Jentink, Sarah Law 婉雯, Morgaine Lee, Erin Manning, Rowan Melling, Coleman Nye, Hayden Ostrom, Rebecca Peng, Ceall Quinn, Donovan Schaefer, Chad Shomura, Becca Soft, Kathleen Stewart, Amanda Watson.

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“…2015 ; Değirmenci et al . 2018 , 2023 ; Gómez Ramirez et al . 2023 ), while little is known about stingless bees ( Kapheim et al .…”

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Identification of chemosensory genes in the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi

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Latorre-Estivalis,

Farina

2024

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

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Reception of chemical information from the environment is crucial for insects’ survival and reproduction. The chemosensory reception mainly occurs by the antennae and mouth parts of the insect, when the stimulus contacts the chemoreceptors located within the sensilla. Chemosensory receptor genes have been well-studied in some social hymenopterans such as ants, honeybees, and wasps. However, although stingless bees are the most representative group of eusocial bees, little is known about their odorant, gustatory, and ionotropic receptor genes. Here, we analyze the transcriptome of the proboscis and antennae of the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi. We identified and annotated 9 gustatory and 15 ionotropic receptors. Regarding the odorant receptors, we identified 204, and we were able to annotate 161 of them. In addition, we compared the chemosensory receptor genes of T. fiebrigi to those annotated for other species of Hymenoptera. We found that T. fiebrigi showed the largest number of odorant receptors compared to other bees. Genetic expansions were identified in the subfamilies 9-exon, which was also expanded in ants, and paper wasps, in G02A, including receptors potentially mediating social behavior, and in GUnC, which has been related to pollen and nectar scent detection. Our study provides the first report of chemosensory receptor genes in T. fiebrigi and represents a resource for future molecular and physiological research in this and other stingless bee species.

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The neuroecology of olfaction in bees

Cited by 12 publications

References 144 publications

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Identification of chemosensory genes in the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi

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