ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Communicating Sociality: Evolutionary Developments In Social Insect Communication Systems

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 7:50 AM-12:00 PM
Room A13, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Mark J Carroll
Adrian Duehl
7:50 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:55 AM
0867
Cuticular hydrocarbons as fertility signals in social insects: patterns and predictions. 
Juergen Liebig, Arizona State University
8:15 AM
0868
Modulatory negative feedback communication in honey bees
James C. Nieh, University of California
8:35 AM
0869
Dissecting the factors affecting honey bee queen (Apis mellifera L.) pheromone production and queen-worker interactions
Elina L. Niño, Pennsylvania State University
8:55 AM
0870
Genomics and evolution of responses to queen pheromone
Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University
9:15 AM
Break
9:30 AM
0871
Chemical and transcriptomic signatures of dominance in paper wasps
Amy Toth, Iowa State University
9:50 AM
0872
Soldier influences on candidate primer pheromone levels, gene expression and caste differentiation in workers of R. flavipes termites
Matthew R. Tarver, USDA - ARS; Michael E. Scharf, Purdue University
10:10 AM
0873
Effects of honey bee brood pheromone on colony physiology, foraging and growth
Ramesh Sagili, Oregon State University
10:30 AM
Intermission
10:45 AM
0874
Small hive beetle volatile attraction and the evolution of a colony parasite
Adrian Duehl, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
11:05 AM
0875
Novel semiochemical roles for honey bee brood volatiles
Mark J. Carroll, USDA - ARS
11:20 AM
0876
Honey bee brood volatiles associated with symbiotic bacteria and parasitic fungi.
Svjetlana Vojvodic, University of Arizona
11:35 AM
0877
Using social insect systems for scientific outreach
Reed M. Johnson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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