Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.

Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flume...

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Autores principales:	Ken Tan, Shuang Yang, Zhengwei Wang, Randolf Menzel
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:807b72bfa90442e6be064a5d608dd5fd2021-11-18T07:41:50ZEffect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0066295https://doaj.org/article/807b72bfa90442e6be064a5d608dd5fd2013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23785490/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flumethrin, (2) whether its odor induces an innate avoidance response, (3) whether its taste transmits an aversive reinforcing component in olfactory learning, and (4) whether its odor or taste can be associated with reward in classical conditioning. Our results show that flumethrin has a negative effect on Apis ceranàs lifespan, induces an innate avoidance response, acts as a punishing reinforcer in olfactory learning, and interferes with the association of an appetitive conditioned stimulus. Furthermore flumethrin uptake within the colony reduces olfactory learning over an extended period of time.Ken TanShuang YangZhengwei WangRandolf MenzelPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e66295 (2013)
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description	Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flumethrin, (2) whether its odor induces an innate avoidance response, (3) whether its taste transmits an aversive reinforcing component in olfactory learning, and (4) whether its odor or taste can be associated with reward in classical conditioning. Our results show that flumethrin has a negative effect on Apis ceranàs lifespan, induces an innate avoidance response, acts as a punishing reinforcer in olfactory learning, and interferes with the association of an appetitive conditioned stimulus. Furthermore flumethrin uptake within the colony reduces olfactory learning over an extended period of time.
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title	Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
title_short	Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
title_full	Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
title_fullStr	Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
title_sort	effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
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Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees.

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