Neurochemicals aid bee nestmate recognition

Gene E. Robinson (), Laura M. Heuser, Yves LeConte, Frederic Lenquette and Robert M. Hollingworth
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Gene E. Robinson: University of Illinois
Laura M. Heuser: University of Illinois
Yves LeConte: INRA, Unite de Zoologie, Laboratoire de Biologie de L'Abeille
Frederic Lenquette: INRA, Unite de Zoologie, Laboratoire de Biologie de L'Abeille
Robert M. Hollingworth: Michigan State University

Nature, 1999, vol. 399, issue 6736, 534-535

Abstract: Abstract The theory of kin selection1, which revolutionized the study of social behaviour, requires the discrimination of relatives from non-relatives. Many animals possess this ability, but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms have not been studied. Here we provide evidence for the neurochemical modulation of nestmate recognition: treatment with octopamine agonists improves the discrimination of related nestmates from unrelated non-nestmates in honeybees.

Date: 1999
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