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Response of the honeybees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera to Hongyang kiwifruit female flower volatiles
Author of the article:ZHANG Ai-Xin; WU Jie; HUANG Jia-Xing
Author's Workplace:Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory for Insect-Pollinator Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100093, China; Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory for Insect-Pollinator Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100093, China; Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory for Insect-Pollinator Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100093, China
Key Words:Hongyang kiwifruit; Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; HS-SPME-GC-MS; GC-EAD; Y-tube olfactometer
Abstract:
[Objectives]  To investigate whether volatiles of female Actinidia chinensis ‘Hongyang’ flowers affect honeybee foraging behavior. [Methods]  Headspace solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) was used to identify the components and relative content of volatile compounds of female Hongyang kiwifruit flowers. The responses of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera to these volatile compounds were determined using a gas chromatography- antennae potential measurement system (GC-EAD) and Y-type olfactometer. [Results]  GC-MS identified 33 components in the volatiles of female Hongyang kiwifruit flowers, including alcohols, esters, ketones, hydrocarbons, terpenes, aldehydes, amines and salts. GC-EAD results show that linalool, nonanal, phenylethyl alcohol, 2,6, 6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1, 4-dione, ethyl benzoate, methyl salicylate and cis-3-hexenyl 2-methylbutanoate induced electroantennogram responses in both A. cerana and A. mellifera. However, cis-3-hexenyl acetate, ethyl salicylate and β-Ionone only induced a response in A. cerana. The Y-tube olfactometer tests showed that the volatiles of female Hongyang kiwifruit flowers were not significantly attractive to A. cerana (attraction rate = 60%; P > 0.05) and that the same volatiles were repellent to A. mellifera (avoidance rate = 67.5%; P < 0.01). [Conclusion]  There is a significant difference in the response of A. cerana and A. mellifera to volatiles of female Hongyang kiwifruit flowers. A. cerana doesn’t have an obvious preference for these volatiles which are actually repellant to Apis mellifera. Therefore, A. cerana should be a superior pollinator of Hongyang kiwifruit than Apis mellifera.
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