Peripheral taste detection in honey bees: What do taste receptors respond to?

L Bestea, A Réjaud, J Sandoz… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the neural principles governing taste perception in species that bear
economic importance or serve as research models for other sensory modalities constitutes a …

Parallel olfactory processing in a hemimetabolous insect

H Watanabe, K Tateishi - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
To represent specific olfactory cues from the highly complex and dynamic odor world in the
brain, insects employ multiple parallel olfactory pathways that process odors with different …

[HTML][HTML] Sparse and stereotyped encoding implicates a core glomerulus for ant alarm behavior

T Hart, DD Frank, LE Lopes, L Olivos-Cisneros… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ants communicate via large arrays of pheromones and possess expanded, highly complex
olfactory systems, with antennal lobes in the brain comprising up to∼ 500 glomeruli. This …

Acute ozone exposure impairs detection of floral odor, learning, and memory of honey bees, through olfactory generalization

F Démares, L Gibert, P Creusot, B Lapeyre… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution stemming from human activities affects the environment in which plant and
animal species live and interact. Similar to primary air pollutants which are emitted …

Neonicotinoid effects on tropical bees: Imidacloprid impairs innate appetitive responsiveness, learning and memory in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata

JMRBV Aguiar, RCF Nocelli, M Giurfa… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Together with other anthropogenic factors, pesticides play a major role in pollinator decline
worldwide. Most studies on their influence on pollinators have focused on honey bees given …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic larval exposure to thiacloprid impairs honeybee antennal selectivity, learning and memory performances

L Ke, X Chen, P Dai, YJ Liu - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The use of agricultural neonicotinoid insecticides has sub-lethal chronic effects on bees that
are more prevalent than acute toxicity. Among these insecticides, thiacloprid, a commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Multisite imaging of neural activity using a genetically encoded calcium sensor in the honey bee

J Carcaud, M Otte, B Grünewald, A Haase… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Understanding of the neural bases for complex behaviors in Hymenoptera insect species
has been limited by a lack of tools that allow measuring neuronal activity simultaneously in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of pesticide-adjuvant combinations used in almond orchards on olfactory responses to social signals in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

WY Wu, LH Liao, CH Lin, RM Johnson… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Exposure to agrochemical sprays containing pesticides and tank-mix adjuvants has been
implicated in post-bloom mortality, particularly of brood, in honey bee colonies brought into …

[HTML][HTML] Transient active zone remodeling in the Drosophila mushroom body supports memory

O Turrel, N Ramesh, MJF Escher, A Pooryasin… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Elucidating how the distinct components of synaptic plasticity dynamically orchestrate the
distinct stages of memory acquisition and maintenance within neuronal networks remains a …

[HTML][HTML] The short neuropeptide F regulates appetitive but not aversive responsiveness in a social insect

L Bestea, M Paoli, P Arrufat, B Ronsin, J Carcaud… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The neuropeptide F (NPF) and its short version (sNPF) mediate food-and stress-related
responses in solitary insects. In the honeybee, a social insect where food collection and …