CGMP modulates responses to queen mandibular pheromone in worker honey bees

ABSTRACT: Responses to social cues, such as pheromones, can be modified by genotype, physiology, or environmental context. Honey bee queens produce a pheromone (queen mandibular pheromone; QMP) which regulates many aspects of worker bee behavior and physiology. Forager honey bees are less responsive to QMP than young nurse bees engaged in brood care, suggesting that physiological changes associated with behavioral maturation may modulate response to this pheromone. Since cGMP is a major regulator of behavioral maturation in honey bee workers, we examined its role in modulating worker responses to QMP. Treatment with a cGMP analog, 8-Br-cGMP, resulted in significant reductions in both behavioral and physiological responses to QMP in young caged workers. Treatment significantly reduced attraction to

ORGANISM(S): Apis mellifera

SUBMITTER: Brendon Fussnecker 

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3135 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress