蜜蜂花粉采集行为的调控机制

Regulatory mechanism of pollen foraging behavior in honeybees

蜜蜂Apisspp.是一种社会性昆虫。社会性昆虫在对它们群体自身数量和巢穴环境的调节方面表现出明显的稳态特点,Emerson将这种稳态调节称为社会性稳态。蜂群中花粉的储存量就具有稳态的特点。蜂群的花粉采集行为是由蜂群对花粉的需要决定的。关于蜜蜂花粉采集行为的调控机制,目前的研究主要集中于是哪些信息以及蜂群是如何识别这些信息从而调控其采粉行为,主要形成了直接识别和间接识别2种假说。对这2种假说进行综述。

The regulation of nest and colony environment of social insects showed steady state, which was named as social homeostasis by Emerson. The maintenance of pollen stores by honeybee is one of such case. Pollen foraging behavior was determined according to the pollen need of whole colony. Current studies were mainly focused on how honey bee workers obtained information about the pollen need of their colony and how they then regulate their behavior accordingly. This article reviewed the two major hypotheses for the assessment of pollen stores, direct assessment and indirect assessment.