5th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF APIDOLOGY 3-7th September 2012 Halle an der Saale, Germany edited by Benjamin Barth, Holger Scharpenberg and Robin FA Moritz Table of Contents Scientific Programme (Overview) ............................................................................... 4 Contents ........................................................................................................................... 6 Preface ............................................................................................................................ 20 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 21 Plenary Lectures ........................................................................................................... 23 Talks: 1 - Neurobiology ............................................................................................................ 31 2 - Chemical Ecology .................................................................................................... 45 3 - Physiology ................................................................................................................. 59 4 - Behaviour & Colony Function ............................................................................... 71 5 - Pathology .................................................................................................................. 87 6 - Population Genetics .............................................................................................. 121 7 - Genomics ................................................................................................................ 143 8 - BEE DOC EU Network ......................................................................................... 153 9 - STEP EU Network ................................................................................................. 165 Posters: P1 - Neurobiology ....................................................................................................... 176 P2 - Chemical Ecology................................................................................................ 182 P3 - Physiology ............................................................................................................ 188 P4 - Behaviour & Colony Function........................................................................... 202 Scientific Organisers: P5 - Pathology .............................................................................................................. 216 Koos Biesmeijer (Leiden, Netherlands) P6 - Population Genetics ............................................................................................ 242 Martin Giurfa (Toulouse, France) P7 - Genomics .............................................................................................................. 248 P8 - BEE DOC EU Network ...................................................................................... 250 P9 - STEP EU Network ............................................................................................... 256 EurBee Board: Robin Moritz Satellite Session: Robert Paxton EurVarroa Talks ........................................................................................................... 261 EurVarroa Posters ........................................................................................................ 272 Local Organising Team: Benjamin Barth · Vincent Doublet · Hans-Hinrich Kaatz List of Participants ..................................................................................................... 278 Bernhard Kraus · Michael Lattorff · Tomás Murray Author Index ............................................................................................................... 292 Holger Scharpenberg · Antonella Soro · Eckart Stolle · Petra Weber Abbreviations .............................................................................................................. 296 3 Scientific Programme (Overview) Scientific Programme (Overview) Mo 3 Tues 4 Wed 5 Thurs 6 Fr 7 8:00 8:00 Welcome Addresses Report Members‘ Meeti ng Plenary Plenary DIB-Plenary 9:00 Lars Chitt ka Mark Brown Jay Evans 9:00 Satellite Session EurVarroa 4.1: 2.1: 1.1: 5.3: 3.2: 7.1: 5.5: 6.1: 9.1: Behav & Col Chem Ecol Neurobiol Pathol Physiol Genomics Pathol Pop Genet STEP 10:00 10:00 Coff ee Break Coff ee Break Coff ee Break Coff ee Break 11:00 11:00 Arrival 4.2: 2.2: 1.2: 5.4: 3.3: 7.2: 5.6: 6.2: 9.2: Satellite Session Behav & Col Chem Ecol Neurobiol Pathol Physiol Genomics Pathol Pop Genet STEP EurVarroa 12:00 12:00 Departure Lunch Lunch Lunch 13:45 EU FP7-call Welcome & 14:00 14:00 Plenary Plenary Plenary Registrati on Alexandra-Maria Klein David Roubik Klaus Hartf elder at Audimax 15:00 15:00 5.1: 2.3: 1.3: 5.7: 6.3: 8.1: Pathol Chem Ecol Neurobiol Pathol Pop Genet BEE DOC 16:00 16:00 Coff ee Break Coff ee Break Boat trip 5.2: 4.3: 1.4: on 5.8: 6.4: 8.2: 17:00 Pathol Behav & Col Neurobiol river Saale Pathol Pop Genet BEE DOC 17:00 Members‘ Meeti ng 18:00 18:00 Poster Session 1 Poster Session 2 Icebreaker 19:00 19:00 in the `Enchilada´ Banquet 20:00 4 5 Contents Contents Preface 20 2.8 Fouks B*, Lattorff HMG Acknowledgements 21 Avoidance of contaminated flowers by foraging bumblebees. 52 2.9 Dötterl S*, Burger H, Milet-Pinheiro P, Schäffler I, Ayasse M Plenary Lectures: Host plant finding in oligolectic bees: from behaviour to molecules. 54 PL Chittka LUA 2.10 Leonhardt SD*, Blüthgen N, Drescher N, Wallace HM, Schmitt T Large societies and small brains: insects as minimal models of social cognition. 24 Chemical profiles of stingless bees: to be or not to be sticky. 54 PL Klein A-M 2.11 Eltz T*, Witjes S, Brunsbach H, Tries K, Radermacher L Do honeybees substitute biodiversity to almond pollination in California? 24 What is repellent in chemical footprints of flower-visiting bumblebees? 56 PL Brown MJF Not one, but many: complex host-parasite systems in bees. 26 Session Three: Physiology PL Roubik DW 3.1 Hartfelder KH*, Azevedo SV, Wang Y, Amdam GV Almost social: a natural history of bee success. 26 Insulin signalling in honeybees – social life history accompanied by changes in an ancient PL Evans JD signalling module. 60 Molecular forensics and honeybee host-parasite interactions. 28 3.2 Münch D*, Amdam GV PL Hartfelder KH Hallmarks of accelerated and negligible senescence in different worker phenotypes of the Royal jelly, signalling pathways and genes - how far are we along in understanding caste development? 28 honeybee. 60 3.3 Alaux C*, Le Conte Y Session One: Neurobiology Physiological basis of social immunity. 62 1.1 Rössler W*, Groh C, Muenz TS, Scholl C 3.4 Aurori CM, Dezmirean DS, Mărghitaş LA, Moritz RFA, Erler S* Neuronal mechanisms underlying behavioural plasticity in the honeybee. 32 Molecular analysis of immune system and aging gene expression in long-lived winter honeybees. 62 1.2 Wright GA 3.5 Paoli P*, Stabler D, Donley D, Wright GA Influence of nutritional state on appetitive and aversive olfactory learning in honeybees. 32 Dietary regulation of adult honeybees. 64 1.3 Hempel de Ibarra N*, Niggebrügge C, Leboulle G, Nicholls E, Balamurali GS 3.6 Hrncir M*, Roldão YS Colour vision and learning in honeybees. 34 Colony heterothermy in stingless bees (Melipona scutellaris). 64 1.4 Shafir S*, Yehonatan L 3.7 Pettis JS*, Towsend K, Rice N Comparative evaluations of reward dimensions in honeybees – evidence from 2AFC PER The role of brood pheromone as a signal in failing queen health in the honeybee Apis mellifera. 66 conditioning. 34 3.8 Enzinger S, Crailsheim K* 1.5 Gill R, Raine NE* Trophallaxis as an important feature within the complex honeybee society. 66 Does exposure to sublethal pesticide doses affect the development and behaviour of bees? 36 3.9 Le Conte Y*, Castillo C, Maisonnasse A, Plettner E 1.6 Menzel R Pheromones and social regulations in the honeybee Apis mellifera. 68 Functions of the mushroom body in the honeybee brain. 36 1.7 Urlacher E*, Tarr I, Devaud JM, Mercer A Session Four: Behaviour & Colony Function Age-related and molecular correlates of changes in responsiveness to alarm pheromone in bees. 38 4.1 Bryden J*, Jansen VAA 1.8 Marter K*, Eisenhardt D The origins and maintenance of eusociality in bumblebees. 72 How are reward experiences translated into memory? 38 4.2 Gernat T*, Robinson GE 1.9 Scheiner R*, Toteva A, Bode V, Reim T, Thamm M, Chatterjee P, Yi SV Individual differences in honeybee social network connectivity. 72 Tyramine and honeybee behaviour. 40 4.3 Landgraf T 1.10 Blenau W*, Thamm M, Rolke D, Jordan N, Baumann A Blending into the hive: a novel biomimetic honeybee robot for the analysis of the The serotonin 5-HT2 receptor system of the honeybee (Apis mellifera). 40 dance communication system. 74 1.11 Grünewald B*, Ziegler-Himmelreich S, Fischer J, Triltsch M 4.4 Szopek M*, Bodi M, Radspieler G, Schmickl T, Crailsheim K A cellular alphabet of honeybee learning: ionic current modulations and effects of insecticides. 42 Modelling collective decision making in honeybees. 74 4.5 Kernbach S Session Two: Chemical Ecology Collective decision making in robot swarms without communication. 76 2.1 Jarau S 4.6 Arvin F*, Yue S Chemical recruitment communication and “pheromone” learning in stingless bees. 46 Honeybee aggregation with a mobile robot swarm. 76 2.2 Rottler A*, Schulz S, Ayasse M 4.7 Thenius R*, Szopek M, Hahshold S, Schmickl T, Crailsheim K Nest wax signals trigger worker reproduction in bumblebee colonies. 46 ASSISI