James C. Nieh
University of California, San Diego
135 Papers
536 Citations
James C. Nieh is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Honey bee & Biology. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 117 publications. Previous affiliations of James C. Nieh include University of California, Berkeley & University of Würzburg.
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Papers
Inhibiting DNA methylation alters olfactory extinction but not acquisition learning in Apis cerana and Apis mellifera
TL;DR: It is provided the first demonstration that DNA methylation is also important in the olfactory extinction learning of A. mellifera, and a basis for future studies to explore species-specific differences in the effects of methylation on memory formation.
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The complex world of honey bee vibrational signaling: A response to Ramsey et al. (2017)
Heather Christine Bell,Parry M. Kietzman,James C. Nieh +2 more
- 28 Jun 2021
TL;DR: Criticism rests on how the authors were able to accurately identify and describe signals based largely upon accelerometers implanted inside colonies without additional behavioral data and using signal processing techniques that may not have been sufficient to discriminate between multiple types of vibrational signals.
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The reluctant visitor: a terpenoid in toxic nectar can reduce olfactory learning and memory in Asian honey bees.
TL;DR: Triptolide, the hypothesized toxic compound in nectar of the thunder god vine, can reduce bee memory of a rewarded odor, and thus other components in T. hypoglaucum honey may be toxic.
Hornets possess long-lasting olfactory memories.
TL;DR: Hornet queens, drones and workers have excellent olfactory learning that can persist for up to 30 days in queens and drones, and the likely importance of long-lasting memory in different castes of the same species is suggested.
Visual contagion in prey defence signals can enhance honest defence.
TL;DR: The Asian honey bee performs an I See You (ISY) signal that deters attacking hornets and it is shown that these signals enhance defensive signaling by also attracting guard bees and that the visual movements of appropriate stimuli alone provide sufficient stimuli.