Three decades of 'Africanized' honey bees in California

Autor: Daniela Zarate, Dillon Travis, Amy Geffre, James Nieh, Joshua R. Kohn

Publikováno v: California Agriculture, Vol 77, Iss 1, Pp 15-20 (2023)

“Africanized” honey bees (AHB) have been part of California's agricultural and natural landscapes for nearly three decades. Prior to their arrival in 1994, leading honey bee experts expressed concern over the potentially disastrous impact of AHB

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Foragers of sympatric Asian honey bee species intercept competitor signals by avoiding benzyl acetate from Apis cerana alarm pheromone

Autor: Ping Wen, Yanan Cheng, Yufeng Qu, Hongxia Zhang, Jianjun Li, Heather Bell, Ken Tan, James Nieh

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)

Abstract While foraging, animals can form inter- and intraspecific social signalling networks to avoid similar predators. We report here that foragers of different native Asian honey bee species can detect and use a specialized alarm pheromone compon

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Non-consumptive predator effects shape honey bee foraging and recruitment dancing.

Autor: Allison Bray, James Nieh

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e87459 (2014)

Predators can reduce bee pollination and plant fitness through successful predation and non-consumptive effects. In honey bees, evidence of predation or a direct attack can decrease recruitment dancing and thereby magnify the effects of individual pr

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Fighting ability and the toxicity of raiding pheromone in an obligate kleptoparasite, the stingless bee Lestrimelitta niitkib

Autor: Chase C. James, Daniel Sánchez, Leopoldo Cruz-López, James Nieh

Publikováno v: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 76, iss 3

Abstract The evolution of obligate kleptoparasitism, the theft of food, has led to remarkable innovations, including physical weapons and chemical signals that can evolve into chemical weapons. Stingless bees in the genus Lestrimelitta are excellent

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Resisting majesty: Apis cerana, has lower antennal sensitivity and decreased attraction to queen mandibular pheromone than Apis mellifera

Autor: Shihao Dong, Ping Wen, Qi Zhang, Xinyu Li, Ken Tan, James Nieh

Publikováno v: Dong, Shihao; Wen, Ping; Zhang, Qi; Li, Xinyu; Tan, Ken; & Nieh, James. (2017). Resisting majesty: Apis cerana, has lower antennal sensitivity and decreased attraction to queen mandibular pheromone than Apis mellifera. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7(1), 44640. doi: 10.1038/srep44640. UC San Diego: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6nh6r3jz
Scientific reports, vol 7, iss 1
Scientific Reports

In highly social bees, queen mandibular pheromone (QMP) is vital for colony life. Both Apis cerana (Ac) and Apis mellifera (Am) share an evolutionarily conserved set of QMP compounds: (E)-9-oxodec-2-enoic acid (9-ODA), (E)-9-hydroxydec-2-enoic acid (

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