蜜蜂游泳是适应性的,但被杀虫剂破坏
Fang Liu1, Wenfeng Li1, Zachary Y Huang2
1Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Communications biology
|February 10, 2026
概括
蜜蜂使用独特的水上行走机动,更喜欢黑暗地区的导航. 这种对蜜蜂生存至关重要的行为受到类杀虫剂的影响,影响了运动控制.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 昆虫学 昆虫学是一门学科.
- 行为生物学 行为生物学
背景情况:
- 蜜蜂 (Apis mellifera L.) 展现出独特的水上行走运动,在保持翅膀干燥的同时,在水面上推进自己.
- 蜜蜂的这种水翼行为对生态的意义仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究蜜蜂水上行走运动的生态相关性.
- 为了确定新烟类杀虫剂对这种行为的影响.
- 为了比较不同蜜蜂种类的水上行走行为.
主要方法:
- 观察到蜜蜂和石匠蜜蜂 (Osmia excavata) 在水面上的行为.
- 在水中移动时,对黑暗区域 (skototaxis) 的评估偏好.
- 测试了 thiamethoxam 杀虫剂对蜜蜂运动控制和 skototaxis 的影响.
- 雄性和雌性石匠蜜蜂之间的游泳效率比较.
主要成果:
- 蜜蜂展示了skototaxis,在水上移动时更喜欢黑暗的区域.
- 蒂亚美索克萨姆通过损害运动控制来扰乱蜜蜂的sototaxis.
- 石匠蜜蜂也表现出skototaxis,比蜜蜂更喜欢黑暗的区域.
- 雌性建筑蜂比雄性更有效的游泳者.
结论:
- 蜜蜂的水上行走行为是一种古老的特征,早于社交,具有重要的适应性和生态功能.
- 农药等环境污染物可能会对这种重要的蜜蜂行为产生负面影响.
- 斯科托克西斯是蜜蜂在水中运动的关键组成部分,具有特定物种的变化.
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