The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers
Circadian rhythms in honey bees are involved in various processes that impact colony survival. For example, young nurses take care of the brood constantly throughout the day and lack circadian rhythms. At the same time, foragers use the circadian clock to remember and predict food availability in su...
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| author | Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzmán Eddie Perez Claudio Janpierre Aleman-Rios Gabriel Diaz Hernandez Melina Perez Torres Alexander Melendez Moreno Darimar Loubriel Darrell Moore Tugrul Giray Jose L. Agosto-Rivera |
| author_facet | Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzmán Eddie Perez Claudio Janpierre Aleman-Rios Gabriel Diaz Hernandez Melina Perez Torres Alexander Melendez Moreno Darimar Loubriel Darrell Moore Tugrul Giray Jose L. Agosto-Rivera |
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| description | Circadian rhythms in honey bees are involved in various processes that impact colony survival. For example, young nurses take care of the brood constantly throughout the day and lack circadian rhythms. At the same time, foragers use the circadian clock to remember and predict food availability in subsequent days. Previous studies exploring the ontogeny of circadian rhythms of workers showed that the onset of rhythms is faster in the colony environment (~2 days) than if workers were immediately isolated after eclosion (7–9 days). However, which specific environmental factors influenced the early development of worker circadian rhythms remained unknown. We hypothesized that brood nest temperature plays a key role in the development of circadian rhythmicity in young workers. Our results show that young workers kept at brood nest-like temperatures (33–35 °C) in the laboratory develop circadian rhythms faster and in greater proportion than bees kept at lower temperatures (24–26 °C). In addition, we examined if the effect of colony temperature during the first 48 h after emergence is sufficient to increase the rate and proportion of development of circadian rhythmicity. We observed that twice as many individuals exposed to 35 °C during the first 48 h developed circadian rhythms compared to individuals kept at 25 °C, suggesting a critical developmental period where brood nest temperatures are important for the development of the circadian system. Together, our findings show that temperature, which is socially regulated inside the hive, is a key factor that influences the ontogeny of circadian rhythmicity of workers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb27a38364194a6ebe18207aa28d41982024-03-17T15:05:21ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592024-03-0112e1708610.7717/peerj.17086The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workersManuel A. Giannoni-Guzmán0Eddie Perez Claudio1Janpierre Aleman-Rios2Gabriel Diaz Hernandez3Melina Perez Torres4Alexander Melendez Moreno5Darimar Loubriel6Darrell Moore7Tugrul Giray8Jose L. Agosto-Rivera9Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesCircadian rhythms in honey bees are involved in various processes that impact colony survival. For example, young nurses take care of the brood constantly throughout the day and lack circadian rhythms. At the same time, foragers use the circadian clock to remember and predict food availability in subsequent days. Previous studies exploring the ontogeny of circadian rhythms of workers showed that the onset of rhythms is faster in the colony environment (~2 days) than if workers were immediately isolated after eclosion (7–9 days). However, which specific environmental factors influenced the early development of worker circadian rhythms remained unknown. We hypothesized that brood nest temperature plays a key role in the development of circadian rhythmicity in young workers. Our results show that young workers kept at brood nest-like temperatures (33–35 °C) in the laboratory develop circadian rhythms faster and in greater proportion than bees kept at lower temperatures (24–26 °C). In addition, we examined if the effect of colony temperature during the first 48 h after emergence is sufficient to increase the rate and proportion of development of circadian rhythmicity. We observed that twice as many individuals exposed to 35 °C during the first 48 h developed circadian rhythms compared to individuals kept at 25 °C, suggesting a critical developmental period where brood nest temperatures are important for the development of the circadian system. Together, our findings show that temperature, which is socially regulated inside the hive, is a key factor that influences the ontogeny of circadian rhythmicity of workers.https://peerj.com/articles/17086.pdfCircadian rhythmsHoney beesWorkersTemperatureDevelopment |
| spellingShingle | Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzmán Eddie Perez Claudio Janpierre Aleman-Rios Gabriel Diaz Hernandez Melina Perez Torres Alexander Melendez Moreno Darimar Loubriel Darrell Moore Tugrul Giray Jose L. Agosto-Rivera The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers PeerJ Circadian rhythms Honey bees Workers Temperature Development |
| title | The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers |
| title_full | The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers |
| title_fullStr | The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers |
| title_short | The role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers |
| title_sort | role of temperature on the development of circadian rhythms in honey bee workers |
| topic | Circadian rhythms Honey bees Workers Temperature Development |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/17086.pdf |
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