Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flume...
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| description | Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flumethrin, (2) whether its odor induces an innate avoidance response, (3) whether its taste transmits an aversive reinforcing component in olfactory learning, and (4) whether its odor or taste can be associated with reward in classical conditioning. Our results show that flumethrin has a negative effect on Apis ceranàs lifespan, induces an innate avoidance response, acts as a punishing reinforcer in olfactory learning, and interferes with the association of an appetitive conditioned stimulus. Furthermore flumethrin uptake within the colony reduces olfactory learning over an extended period of time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-807b72bfa90442e6be064a5d608dd5fd2022-12-21T21:43:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0186e6629510.1371/journal.pone.0066295Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.Ken TanShuang YangZhengwei WangRandolf MenzelFlumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flumethrin, (2) whether its odor induces an innate avoidance response, (3) whether its taste transmits an aversive reinforcing component in olfactory learning, and (4) whether its odor or taste can be associated with reward in classical conditioning. Our results show that flumethrin has a negative effect on Apis ceranàs lifespan, induces an innate avoidance response, acts as a punishing reinforcer in olfactory learning, and interferes with the association of an appetitive conditioned stimulus. Furthermore flumethrin uptake within the colony reduces olfactory learning over an extended period of time.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23785490/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Ken Tan Shuang Yang Zhengwei Wang Randolf Menzel Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees. |
| title_full | Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees. |
| title_fullStr | Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees. |
| title_short | Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees. |
| title_sort | effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23785490/?tool=EBI |
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