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In search of behavioral and brain processes involved in honey bee dance communication by Ai, Hiroyuki, Farina, Walter M

“…Honey bees represent an iconic model animal for studying the underlying mechanisms affecting advanced sensory and cognitive abilities during communication…”
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Glyphosate affects the larval development of honey bees depending on the susceptibility of colonies by Vázquez, Diego E, Ilina, Natalia, Pagano, Eduardo A, Zavala, Jorge A, Farina, Walter M

“…As the main agricultural insect pollinator, the honey bee (Apis mellifera) is exposed to a number of agrochemicals, including glyphosate (GLY), the most widely…”
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Sugar-conditioned honey bees can be biased towards a nectarless dioecious crop by Estravis-Barcala, M. Cecilia, Palottini, Florencia, Verellen, Facundo, González, Andrés, Farina, Walter M.

“…The targeted pollination strategy has shown positive results in directing honey bees to crop flowers offering nectar along with pollen as reward. Kiwifruit is…”
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Learning of a mimic odor combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honeybee pollination of a commercial crop by Estravis-Barcala, M. Cecilia, Palottini, Florencia, Farina, Walter M.

“…The increasing demand on pollination services leads food industry to consider new strategies for management of pollinators to improve their efficiency in…”
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Effects of the Herbicide Glyphosate on Honey Bee Sensory and Cognitive Abilities: Individual Impairments with Implications for the Hive by Farina, Walter M., Balbuena, M. Sol, Herbert, Lucila T., Mengoni Goñalons, Carolina, Vázquez, Diego E.

“…The honeybee Apis mellifera is an important pollinator in both undisturbed and agricultural ecosystems. Its great versatility as an experimental model makes it…”
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In-hive learning of specific mimic odours as a tool to enhance honey bee foraging and pollination activities in pear and apple crops by Farina, Walter M., Arenas, Andrés, Díaz, Paula C., Susic Martin, Cinthia, Corriale, María J.

“…The areas devoted to agriculture that depend on pollinators have been sharply increased in the last decades with a concomitant growing global demand for…”
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Managed honeybees and South American bumblebees exhibit complementary foraging patterns in highbush blueberry by Estravis-Barcala, M. Cecilia, Palottini, Florencia, Macri, Ivana, Nery, Denise, Farina, Walter M.

“…Despite Apis mellifera being the most widely managed pollinator to enhance crop production, they are not the most suitable species for highbush blueberries,…”
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Informational conflicts created by the waggle dance by Grüter, Christoph, Balbuena, M. Sol, Farina, Walter M

“…Apis mellifera…”
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Assessment of Appetitive Behavior in Honey Bee Dance Followers by Moauro, Mariel A, Balbuena, M Sol, Farina, Walter M

“…Honey bees transfer different informational components of the discovered feeding source to their nestmates during the waggle dance. To decode the…”
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The recruiter's excitement--features of thoracic vibrations during the honey bee's waggle dance related to food source profitability by Hrncir, Michael, Maia-Silva, Camila, Mc Cabe, Sofia I, Farina, Walter M

“…The honey bee's waggle dance constitutes a remarkable example of an efficient code allowing social exploitation of available feeding sites. In addition to…”
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Odor Learning and Its Experience-Dependent Modulation in the South American Native Bumblebee Bombus atratus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) by Palottini, Florencia, Estravis Barcala, María C, Farina, Walter M

“…Learning about olfactory stimuli is essential in bumblebees' life since it is involved in orientation, recognition of nest sites, foraging efficiency and food…”
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Social learning of floral odours inside the honeybee hive by Farina, W.M, Gruter, C, Diaz, P.C

“…A honeybee hive serves as an information centre in which communication among bees allows the colony to exploit the most profitable resources in a continuously…”
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Evaluating the Impact of Post-Emergence Weed Control in Honeybee Colonies Located in Different Agricultural Surroundings by Macri, Ivana N, Vázquez, Diego E, Pagano, Eduardo A, Zavala, Jorge A, Farina, Walter M

“…The honeybee is exposed to agricultural intensification, which leads to an improved reliance upon pesticide use and the reduction of floral diversity. In the…”
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Odor Experiences during Preimaginal Stages Cause Behavioral and Neural Plasticity in Adult Honeybees by Ramírez, Gabriela, Fagundez, Carol, Grosso, Juan P, Argibay, Pablo, Arenas, Andrés, Farina, Walter M

“…In eusocial insects, experiences acquired during the development have long-term consequences on mature behavior. In the honeybee that suffers profound changes…”
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Dose- and time-dependent effects of oral octopamine treatments on the sucrose responsiveness in stingless bees (Melipona scutellaris) by Cabe, Sofía I. Mc, Ferro, Marco W. Benetoli, Farina, Walter M., Hrncir, Michael

“…Biogenic amines modulate physiological responses and, consequently, the behaviour of animals. Here, we present the first pharmacological approach to evaluate…”
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An Early Sensitive Period Induces Long-Lasting Plasticity in the Honeybee Nervous System by Grosso, Juan P, Barneto, Jesica A, Velarde, Rodrigo A, Pagano, Eduardo A, Zavala, Jorge A, Farina, Walter M

“…The effect of early experiences on the brain during a sensitive period exerts a long-lasting influence on the mature individual. Despite behavioral and neural…”
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Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive by Grüter, Christoph, Acosta, Luis E, Farina, Walter M

“…Transfer of information about food source characteristics within insect societies is essential to colony-foraging success. The food odor communicated within…”
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Impaired associative learning after chronic exposure to pesticides in young adult honey bees by Mengoni Goñalons, Carolina, Farina, Walter M

“…Neonicotinoids are the most widespread insecticides in agriculture, preferred for their low toxicity to mammals and their systemic nature. Nevertheless, there…”
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Effects of sublethal doses of glyphosate on honeybee navigation by Balbuena, María Sol, Tison, Léa, Hahn, Marie-Luise, Greggers, Uwe, Menzel, Randolf, Farina, Walter M

“…Glyphosate (GLY) is a herbicide that is widely used in agriculture for weed control. Although reports about the impact of GLY in snails, crustaceans and…”
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Early exposure to glyphosate during larval development induces late behavioural effects on adult honey bees by Vázquez, Diego E., Verellen, Facundo, Farina, Walter M.

“…As the most abundant pollinator insect in crops, Apis mellifera is a sentinel species of the pollinator communities. In these ecosystems, honey bees of…”
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