The Evolution of Honey Bee Communication: Learning from Asian Species

利用亞洲蜜蜂探討蜜蜂訊息溝通之演化

James C. Nieh

《台灣昆蟲》 31卷2期 (2011/06) Pp. 101-115

https://doi.org/10.6661/TESFE.2011009

摘要

亞洲蜜蜂提供了極好的洞察於探討蜜蜂覓食訊息溝通的演化。雖然所有種類的蜜蜂都會使用搖擺舞表達蜜源的位置，但亞洲蜜蜂搖擺舞的變異性已引起許多不同假說探討此著名行為是如何演變以及為何演化形成。在此報告中，我的目標是希望能夠提出研究方向和問題，使我們對於蜜蜂覓食訊息溝通的演化有更詳細的瞭解。具體來說，我將研究重點著重於施加選擇性的壓力，例如蜜源和掠奪巢穴的直接競爭與侵略、施予危險訊號，這些試驗將可讓我們解決蜜蜂舞蹈方言之謎。我希望這些建議將可引起更多亞洲蜜蜂的相關研究，並使我們對於這群攜粉蜜蜂覓食訊息溝通的演化有更全面的認識。

關鍵字

舞蹈語言的演化 ； 競爭 ； 覓食 ； 溝通 ； 危險訊號

並列摘要

Asian honey bees provide fascinating insights into the evolution of honey bee foraging communication. Although all honey bees use the waggle dance to communicate resource location, variations in the waggle dance and in the biology of Asian species have led to several different hypotheses about how and why this famous behavior evolved. In this review, my goal is to suggest areas of research and questions that will help us understand the evolution of honey bee foraging communication in greater detail. Specifically, I would like to draw attention to the selective pressures imposed by direct competition and aggression over floral resources and nest robbing, signals related to danger, and experiments that may allow us to resolve questions about honey bee dance dialects. I hope that these suggestions will stimulate more research in Asian honey bees and allow us to develop a better overall picture of the evolution of foraging communication in the corbiculate bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae).

並列關鍵字

dance language evolution ； competition ； foraging ； communication ； danger signals