Nectar Attracts Foraging Honey Bees with Components of Their Queen Pheromones

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• 作者：Fanglin Liu ; Jie Gao ; Nayan Di ; Lynn S. Adler
• 关键词：Bee mandibular pheromone ; Chemical mimicry ; Nectar ; Phenolics ; Pollination
• 刊名：Journal of Chemical Ecology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：41
• 期：11
• 页码：1028-1036
• 全文大小：633 KB
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• 作者单位：Fanglin Liu (1) (2)
  Jie Gao (2)
  Nayan Di (2)
  Lynn S. Adler (3)
  
  1. Institute of Technical Biology and Agricultural Engineering, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui, China
  2. Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, 666303, China
  3. Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
  
• 刊物主题：Ecology; Biochemistry, general; Entomology; Biological Microscopy; Agriculture;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-1561

文摘

Floral nectar often contains chemicals that are deterrent to pollinators, presenting potential challenges to outcrossing plant species. Plants may be able to co-opt pollinator chemical signals to mitigate the negative effects of nectar deterrent compounds on pollination services. We found that buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) produce nectar with abundant phenolics, including three components of the Apis honeybee queen mandibular pheromone (QMP). In addition, these nectars contain a non-pheromonal phenolic, chlorogenic acid (CA), which was toxic to honeybees, and T. diversifolia nectar also contained isochlorogenic acid (IA). Fresh nectar or solutions containing nectar phenolics reduced Apis individual feeding compared to sucrose solutions. However, freely foraging bees preferred solutions with QMP components to control solutions, and QMP components over-rode or reversed avoidance of CA and IA. Furthermore, prior exposure to the presence or just the odor of QMP components removed the deterrent effects of CA and IA. By mimicking the honey bee pheromone blend, nectar may maintain pollinator attraction in spite of deterrent nectar compounds.