黑大蜜蜂的学习与记忆研究

The study of learning and memory in Apis laboriosa

黑大蜜蜂是蜜蜂属的一个重要种,营露天生活,具有一定的迁徙特性。东、西方蜜蜂的学习与记忆研究一直被广泛地应用,而黑大蜜蜂的学习与记忆至今未见报道。用壬醛、正已醛2种气味运用PER模型来探究黑大蜜蜂的学习与记忆能力。结果显示,黑大蜜蜂能够很好地适应PER学习模型,它们的学习与记忆能力要高于东、西方蜜蜂的学习与记忆能力。

Apis laboriosa is a significant species in honeybee. They are camping outside and living with themigration characteristics. There are a lot of studies about learning and memory in Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. The learning and memory study in Apis laboriosa is not reported yet. We investigated the associative olfactory learning of Apis laboriosa with two different odors（hexanal, nonanal）. Our results suggested that Apis laboriosa is equally able to the study of learning using the proboscis extension paradigm. Their learning and memory ability is much higher than Apis mellifera.