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  2. Antenna (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Scarabaeidae have lamellate antennae that can be folded tightly for safety or spread openly for detecting odours or pheromones. The insect manages such actions by changes in blood pressure, by which it exploits elasticity in walls and membranes in the funicles, which are in effect erectile.

  3. Bee learning and communication - Wikipedia

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    Bee learning and communication includes cognitive and sensory processes in all kinds of bees, that is the insects in the seven families making up the clade Anthophila. Some species have been studied more extensively than others, in particular Apis mellifera , or European honey bee.

  4. Hymenoptera training - Wikipedia

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    The Italian bee has been used for pollination for over 150 years. Sniffer bees or sniffer wasps are insects in the order Hymenoptera that can be trained to perform a variety of tasks to detect substances such as explosive materials or illegal drugs , as well as some human and plant diseases .

  5. Insect pheromones - Wikipedia

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    Alarm pheromones are released when a bee stings another animal to attract and entice other bees to attack. Smoke suppresses the effect of alarm pheromones, which is exploited by beekeepers. [69] The other alarm pheromone of the honey bee contains mainly 2-Heptanone, another volatile substance released by the mandibular glands. [70]

  6. Animal communication - Wikipedia

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    Animals produce signals to attract the attention of a possible mate or to solidify pair bonds. These signals frequently involve the display of body parts or postures. For example, a gazelle will assume characteristic poses to initiate mating. Mating signals can also include the use of olfactory signals or mating calls unique to a species.

  7. Proboscis extension reflex - Wikipedia

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    For example, the bee is presented with an odor (CS) and an application of the sugar (US) solution to its antennae, upon which she reflexively extends her proboscis. In some variations, the bee is immediately fed with sugar at this point; this constitutes an operant reinforcement which would tend to establish the odor as a discriminative stimulus.

  8. Hymenoptera - Wikipedia

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    The adults inject the eggs into a host, which they begin to consume after hatching. For example, the eggs of the endangered Papilio homerus are parasitized at a rate of 77%, mainly by Hymenoptera species. [23] Some species are even hyperparasitoid, with the host itself being another parasitoid insect. Habits intermediate between those of the ...

  9. Bee - Wikipedia

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    When the "cuckoo" bee larva hatches, it consumes the host larva's pollen ball, and often the host egg also. [84] In particular, the Arctic bee species, Bombus hyperboreus is an aggressive species that attacks and enslaves other bees of the same subgenus. However, unlike many other bee brood parasites, they have pollen baskets and often collect ...