Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior: A Tribute to Randolf Menzel

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Spirit of the Hive and How a Superorganism Evolves....Pages 3-16
Vitellogenin in Honey Bee Behavior and Lifespan....Pages 17-29
Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in Honey Bees....Pages 31-45
Mechanisms of Social Organization: Commentary....Pages 47-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Foraging Honey Bees: How Foragers Determine and Transmit Information About Feeding Site Locations....Pages 53-64
How Do Honey Bees Obtain Information About Direction by Following Dances?....Pages 65-76
Progress in Understanding How the Waggle Dance Improves the Foraging Efficiency of Honey Bee Colonies....Pages 77-87
Olfactory Information Transfer During Recruitment in Honey Bees....Pages 89-101
Navigation and Communication in Honey Bees....Pages 103-116
Communication and Navigation: Commentary....Pages 117-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
The Digital Honey Bee Brain Atlas....Pages 125-140
Plasticity of Synaptic Microcircuits in the Mushroom-Body Calyx of the Honey Bee....Pages 141-153
Neurotransmitter Systems in the Honey Bee Brain: Functions in Learning and Memory....Pages 155-169
Glutamate Neurotransmission in the Honey Bee Central Nervous System....Pages 171-184
Cellular Physiology of the Honey Bee Brain....Pages 185-198
Dopamine Signaling in the Bee....Pages 199-209
Neuropeptides in Honey Bees....Pages 211-226
Brain Anatomy and Physiology: Commentary....Pages 227-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Olfaction in Honey Bees: From Molecules to Behavior....Pages 235-252
Taste Perception in Honey Bees....Pages 253-267
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
The Auditory System of the Honey Bee....Pages 269-283
Honey Bee Vision in Relation to Flower Patterns....Pages 285-301
Psychophysics of Honey Bee Color Processing in Complex Environments....Pages 303-314
Sensory Systems: Commentary....Pages 315-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Neurogenomic and Neurochemical Dissection of Honey Bee Dance Communication....Pages 323-339
Neuroanatomical Dissection of the Honey Bee Brain Based on Temporal and Regional Gene Expression Patterns....Pages 341-357
Molecular Insights into Honey Bee Brain Plasticity....Pages 359-372
Elucidating the Path from Genotype to Behavior in Honey Bees: Insights from Epigenomics....Pages 373-386
Genetics and Molecular Biology: Commentary....Pages 387-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Distributed Plasticity for Olfactory Learning and Memory in the Honey Bee Brain....Pages 393-408
The Molecular Biology of Learning and Memory – Memory Phases and Signaling Cascades....Pages 409-421
Extinction Learning in Honey Bees....Pages 423-438
Tactile Antennal Learning in the Honey Bee....Pages 439-455
Testing Mathematical Laws of Behavior in the Honey Bee....Pages 457-470
Visual Cognition in Honey Bees: From Elemental Visual Learning to Non-elemental Problem Solving....Pages 471-484
Learning and Memory: Commentary....Pages 485-492
Back Matter....Pages 493-509