Visual discrimination learning in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

IF 1.1 3区 农林科学 Q3 ENTOMOLOGY
Faelan Mourmourakis, Andrew B. Barron
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Abstract

Karl von Frisch's ground-breaking research first demonstrated visual learning in the European honey bee (Apis mellifera). The study of Australian native bees and their cognitive abilities, however, is still a relatively new and emerging field. Here we examined visual cognition in the Australian stingless bee, Tetragonula carbonaria. First we tested for any colour preferences in T. carbonaria. Then we set stingless bees with three simple visual discrimination learning tasks using distinct colours (blue or yellow), oriented gratings (horizontal or vertical) and patterns (radial or concentric). In the colour preference task, we found evidence of a weak colour preference, with bees preferring colours blue and purple. In the visual discrimination task, T. carbonaria learned all three tasks in just 10 training trials. Bees learned equally well across the colour, orientation and pattern conditions, suggesting rapid visual learning. Future research should focus on closing knowledge gaps in Australian native bee cognition research, building upon the results of this study and exploring more complex non-elemental learning.

澳洲无刺蜜蜂的视觉辨别学习(膜翅目:蜂科)
卡尔·冯·弗里施的开创性研究首次证明了欧洲蜜蜂(Apis mellifera)的视觉学习能力。然而,对澳大利亚本土蜜蜂及其认知能力的研究仍然是一个相对较新的新兴领域。在这里,我们研究了澳大利亚无刺蜜蜂的视觉认知。首先,我们测试了碳斑蝽对颜色的偏好。然后,我们给无刺蜜蜂设置了三个简单的视觉辨别学习任务,使用不同的颜色(蓝色或黄色)、定向光栅(水平或垂直)和图案(径向或同心)。在颜色偏好任务中,我们发现了一种弱颜色偏好的证据,蜜蜂更喜欢蓝色和紫色。在视觉辨别任务中,碳斑蝽仅在10次训练试验中就学会了所有三项任务。蜜蜂在颜色、方向和图案条件下都学得很好,这表明视觉学习速度很快。未来的研究应在本研究的基础上,进一步缩小澳大利亚本土蜜蜂认知研究的知识缺口,探索更复杂的非元素学习。
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Austral Entomology
Austral Entomology ENTOMOLOGY-
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期刊介绍: Austral Entomology is a scientific journal of entomology for the Southern Hemisphere. It publishes Original Articles that are peer-reviewed research papers from the study of the behaviour, biology, biosystematics, conservation biology, ecology, evolution, forensic and medical entomology, molecular biology, public health, urban entomology, physiology and the use and control of insects, arachnids and myriapods. The journal also publishes Reviews on research and theory or commentaries on current areas of research, innovation or rapid development likely to be of broad interest – these may be submitted or invited. Book Reviews will also be considered provided the works are of global significance. Manuscripts from authors in the Northern Hemisphere are encouraged provided that the research has relevance to or broad readership within the Southern Hemisphere. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two referees expert in the field of the submitted paper. Special issues are encouraged; please contact the Chief Editor for further information.
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