Author/Editor		Abramson, Charles I; Kandolf, Andreja; Sheridan, Audrey; Donohue, Darius; Božič, Janko; Meyers, Julia E; Benbassat, Danny
Title		Development of an ethanol model using social insects: III. preferences for ethanol solutions
Type		članek
Source		Psychol Rep
Vol. and No.		Letnik 94
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 227-39
Language		eng
Abstract		Experiments are designed to assess whether free-flying honey bees have an aversion to an ethanol solution when given a choice between targets containing an ethanol solution in sucrose or sucrose only. Animals given a choice between a 1% ethanol solution and sucrose only show no aversion to the ethanol solution either in acquisition or extinction. Honey bees given a choice between a 5% ethanol solution and sucrose only show no differences in the initial choice of targets but some bees do switch over to the sucrose-only target. Performance during extinction indicates that bees landed on the previously reinforced sucrose-only target more than the target previously containing the 5% ethanol solution. An experiment in which bees were given a single 5% ethanol target showed that of 20 bees, 11 returned for the entire 12 trials of the experiment. All bees returned at least 6 times to the 5% ethanol target. Additional experiments were run on harnessed foragers in a palatability study of alcoholic beverages consumed by humans. The results of the palatability experiment indicate that in general, bees prefer more sweet drinks with less alcohol.
Descriptors		BEES CHOICE BEHAVIOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALCOHOL DRINKING DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL ALCOHOLISM DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG EXTINCTION (PSYCHOLOGY) SUCROSE TASTE