A right antenna for social behaviour in honeybees
(2013) In Scientific Reports 3.- Abstract
Sophisticated cognitive abilities have been documented in honeybees, possibly an aspect of their complex sociality. In vertebrates brain asymmetry enhances cognition and directional biases of brain function are a putative adaptation to social behaviour. Here we show that honeybees display a strong lateral preference to use their right antenna in social interactions. Dyads of bees tested using only their right antennae (RA) contacted after shorter latency and were significantly more likely to interact positively (proboscis extension) than were dyads of bees using only their left antennae (LA). The latter were more likely to interact negatively (C-responses) even though they were from the same hive. In dyads from different hives... (More)
Sophisticated cognitive abilities have been documented in honeybees, possibly an aspect of their complex sociality. In vertebrates brain asymmetry enhances cognition and directional biases of brain function are a putative adaptation to social behaviour. Here we show that honeybees display a strong lateral preference to use their right antenna in social interactions. Dyads of bees tested using only their right antennae (RA) contacted after shorter latency and were significantly more likely to interact positively (proboscis extension) than were dyads of bees using only their left antennae (LA). The latter were more likely to interact negatively (C-responses) even though they were from the same hive. In dyads from different hives C-responses were higher in RA than LA dyads. Hence, RA controls social behaviour appropriate to context. Therefore, in invertebrates, as well as vertebrates, lateral biases in behaviour appear to be associated with requirements of social life.
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- author
- Rogers, Lesley J. ; Rigosi, Elisa LU ; Frasnelli, Elisa and Vallortigara, Giorgio
- publishing date
- 2013-06-27
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- in
- Scientific Reports
- volume
- 3
- article number
- 2045
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- external identifiers
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- pmid:23807465
- scopus:84889093666
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- DOI
- 10.1038/srep02045
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Funding Information: This research was made possible by funding from the Provincia Autonoma di Trento and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto to G.V. G.V. was also supported by an ERC Advanced Research Grant (PREMESOR ERC-2011-ADG_20110406’’.
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- 22868973-a56a-44e8-9ad1-8c2ec02b44a1
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