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Pilocarpine improves recognition of nestmates in young honey bees

Honey bees can distinguish nestmates from non-nestmates, directing aggressive responses toward non-nestmates and rarely attacking nestmates. Here we provide evidence that treatment with pilocarpine, a muscarinic agonist, significantly reduced the number of aggressive responses directed toward nestma...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Nyla, Christine, Stephanie, Robinson, Gene E., Fahrbach, Susan E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2517128/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18514413
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.014
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