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This presentation is part of : Ten-Minute Papers, Subsection Cb. Apiculture and Social Insects (Termites and Honey Bees)

Chemical communications of honey bees in Asia

Hiromi Sasagawa1, Shigeru Matsuyama2, Tatsuhiko Kadowaki3, Makoto Aoki3, and Yoshio Hirai4. (1) Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6, Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan, (2) University of Tsukuba, Institute of Applied Biochemistry, 1-1-1, Ten nou dai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, (3) Nagoya University, Graduate school of Bioagricultural Sciences, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, (4) Institute of Animal and Insect sciences, 1-2, Oowashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Honey bees in Asia such as Apis cerana japonca and A. cerana cerana have some different types of behaviors from those of A. mellifera. In order to understand the relationships among chemical signals, neural transduction, gene expressions and behavioral output, we have initially investigated the chemical communications.

Species 1: Hymenoptera Apidae Apis cerana japonica (Japanese honey bee)
Species 2: Hymenoptera Apidae Apis cerana cerana (Chinese honey bee, Asian honey bee)
Species 3: Hymenoptera Apidae Apis mellifera (European honey bee)
Keywords: semiochemicals, pheromone

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