農(nóng)藥對(duì)傳粉昆蟲的影響越來越引起人們的普遍關(guān)注,。氟氯苯菊酯(Flumethrin)是一種廣泛應(yīng)用于控制西方蜜蜂（Apis mellifera）螨蟲的殺螨劑，但它對(duì)蜜蜂社會(huì)行為及信息交流的影響未見深入的報(bào)道,。
中科院西雙版納熱帶植物園譚墾博士等利用未曾接觸過該殺螨劑的東方蜜蜂（Apis cerana）為材料進(jìn)行了一系列實(shí)驗(yàn),，結(jié)果表明：在飼喂實(shí)驗(yàn)中,，氟氯苯菊酯降低蜜蜂存活率及存活時(shí)間；氟氯苯菊酯對(duì)蜜蜂有明顯的趨避效應(yīng),。在蜜蜂學(xué)習(xí)實(shí)驗(yàn)（PER）中,，氟氯苯菊酯明顯降低蜜蜂的學(xué)習(xí)能力,，其效應(yīng)在蜂群中能持續(xù)一段時(shí)間，這些將會(huì)嚴(yán)重影響蜜蜂對(duì)花蜜的采集和對(duì)植物的授粉,。
相關(guān)研究結(jié)果以Effect of flumethrin on survival and olfactory learning in honeybees為題在PLoS ONE上發(fā)表,。（生物谷Bioon.com）
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Effect of Flumethrin on Survival and Olfactory Learning in Honeybees
Ken Tan mail, Shuang Yang, Zhengwei Wang, Randolf Menzel
Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flumethrin, (2) whether its odor induces an innate avoidance response, (3) whether its taste transmits an aversive reinforcing component in olfactory learning, and (4) whether its odor or taste can be associated with reward in classical conditioning. Our results show that flumethrin has a negative effect on Apis ceranàs lifespan, induces an innate avoidance response, acts as a punishing reinforcer in olfactory learning, and interferes with the association of an appetitive conditioned stimulus. Furthermore flumethrin uptake within the colony reduces olfactory learning over an extended period of time.
