The effects of rearing temperature on developmental stability and learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Jones, Julia; Helliwell, Paul; Beekman, Madeleine; Maleszka, Ryszard; Oldroyd, Benjamin

The effects of rearing temperature on developmental stability and learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

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Date

2005

Authors

Jones, Julia

Helliwell, Paul

Beekman, Madeleine

Maleszka, Ryszard

Oldroyd, Benjamin

Publication type

Journal article

Published in

Journal of Comparative Physiology A ; 191 (2005), 12. - pp. 1121-1129. - ISSN 0340-7594

Abstract

Honey bee workers maintain the brood nest of their colony within a narrow temperature range of 34.5±1.5°C, implying that there are significant fitness costs if brood is reared outside the normal range. However, the effects of abnormal incubation temperatures are subtle and not well documented. Here we show that short-term learning and memory abilities of adult workers are affected by the temperature they experienced during pupal development. In contrast, long-term learning and memory is not significantly affected by rearing temperature. Furthermore, we could detect no effects of incubation temperature on fluctuating asymmetry, as a measure of developmental stability, in workers, queens or drones. We conclude that the most important consequence of abnormal rearing temperatures are subtle neural deficiencies affecting short-term memory rather than physical abnormalities.

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570 Biosciences, Biology

Keywords

Temperature - Developmental stability,Learning and memory,Honey bee

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JONES, Julia, Paul HELLIWELL, Madeleine BEEKMAN, Ryszard MALESZKA, Benjamin OLDROYD, 2005. The effects of rearing temperature on developmental stability and learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 191(12), pp. 1121-1129. ISSN 0340-7594. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s00359-005-0035-z

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  journal={Journal of Comparative Physiology A},
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