Method for training honeybees to respond to olfactory stimuli and enhancement of memory retention therein
Abstract
A specialized conditioning protocol for honeybees that is designed for use within a complex agricultural ecosystem. This method ensures that the conditioned bees will be less likely to exhibit a conditioned response to uninfected plants, a false positive response that would render such a biological sensor unreliable for agricultural decision support. Also described is a superboosting training regime that allows training without the aid of expensive equipment and protocols for training in out in the field. Also described is a memory enhancing cocktail that aids in long term memory retention of a vapor signature. This allows the bees to be used in the field for longer durations and with fewer bees trained overall.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1230011
- Patent Number(s):
- 9210914
- Application Number:
- 13/439,825
- Assignee:
- LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01K - ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Apr 04
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
McCade, Kirsten J., Wingo, Robert M., Haarmann, Timothy K., Sutherland, Andrew, and Gubler, Walter D. Method for training honeybees to respond to olfactory stimuli and enhancement of memory retention therein. United States: N. p., 2015.
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McCade, Kirsten J., Wingo, Robert M., Haarmann, Timothy K., Sutherland, Andrew, & Gubler, Walter D. Method for training honeybees to respond to olfactory stimuli and enhancement of memory retention therein. United States.
McCade, Kirsten J., Wingo, Robert M., Haarmann, Timothy K., Sutherland, Andrew, and Gubler, Walter D. Tue .
"Method for training honeybees to respond to olfactory stimuli and enhancement of memory retention therein". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1230011.
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abstractNote = {A specialized conditioning protocol for honeybees that is designed for use within a complex agricultural ecosystem. This method ensures that the conditioned bees will be less likely to exhibit a conditioned response to uninfected plants, a false positive response that would render such a biological sensor unreliable for agricultural decision support. Also described is a superboosting training regime that allows training without the aid of expensive equipment and protocols for training in out in the field. Also described is a memory enhancing cocktail that aids in long term memory retention of a vapor signature. This allows the bees to be used in the field for longer durations and with fewer bees trained overall.},
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