Hygroregulation, a key ability for eusocial insects: Native Western European bees as a case study
| Autor: | Télesphore Sime-Ngando, Francis Fabre, Cátia J. Neves, Andone Estonba, Iris Eouzan, Iratxe Montes, Sylvie Houte, David Biron, Maria Alice Pinto, Jérôme Lesobre, Lionel Garnery, Damien Delalande |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement - Clermont Auvergne (LMGE), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Évolution, génomes, comportement et écologie (EGCE), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-IRD-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LEGS), Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR072-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology [Spain] (UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country [Bragança, Spain], Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne] (UPV/EHU), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Evolution, génomes, comportement et écologie (EGCE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centro de Investigação de Montanha [Bragança, Portugal] (CIMO), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Population Zoology Hymenoptera Biology Subspecies 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Honeybees 03 medical and health sciences Nest education 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study Larva humidity biology.organism_classification Eusociality Brood Pupa [SDE]Environmental Sciences hygroregulation subspecies Apis mellifera black bee |
| Zdroj: | BioRxiv BioRxiv, In press, ⟨10.1101/351874⟩ |
| DOI: | 10.1101/351874 |
| Popis: | Sociality has brought many advantages to various hymenoptera species, including their ability of regulating physical factors in their nest (e.g., temperature). Although less studied, humidity is known to be important for egg, larval and pupal development. Two subspecies ofApis melliferaof the M branch, also called black bees, were used as models to test the “hygroregulation hypothesis”, by means of monitoring hygrometry in hives during one year in four conservation centers: two in France (A. m. mellifera) and two in Portugal (A. m. iberiensis). We investigated the ability of both subspecies to regulate the hygrometry daily, but also during the seasons and one complete year. Our data and statistical analysis probed the capacity of the bees to regulate humidity in their hive, regardless of the day, season or subspecies. Furthermore, the study showed that humidity in beehives is very stable even during winter, when brood is absent, and when temperature is known to be less stable in the beehives. These results would support that hygrometry could prevail over temperature in maintaining nest homeostasis, maybe because of a bigger importance of hygrometry for all the population during a year, or because of the ‘imprint’ of the evolutionary history of this hymenopteran lineage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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