bioRxiv Pre-Prints
Narah J., Streicher M., Chakravorty J., Mega K., Spaethe J., Brockmann A., and Schmitt T. Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Himalayan bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Bombus Latreille) are species-specific and show local and elevational related variation. bioRxiv posted August 21, 2023 doi: 10.1101/2023.08.20.554003
Unnikrishnan S., Shah A., Bais D., Suryanarayanan A., and Brockmann A. Conserved hormonal and molecular mechanisms underlying behavioral maturation in open- and cavity-nesting honey bees. bioRxiv posted March 26, 2021 doi: 10.1101/2021.03.25.436783
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
2023
7. Grison S., Siddaganga R.,Sing R., Hegde S., Brockmann A., Krishnan S., and Guo W. (2023) Landcover mapping of Bengaluru's urban and surrounding with spatiotemporal open-source remote sensing data. Sensors and Materials 35 (11/3): 3829-3849. doi: 0.18494/SAM4627
6. Shakeel M., Kaushik S., Tanimura T., Brockmann A., and Kain P (2023) Tracking sugar-elicited local searching behavior.
5. Kohl P.L., Rutschmann B., and Brockmann A. (2023) Dance communication of giant honeybees. In: D.P. Abrol (Ed) Role of Giant Honeybees in Natural and Agricultural Systems. CRC Press.
4. Brockmann A. (2023) How India changed my ideas about honey bees. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. Special issue to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the discipline of Insect Sociobiology (Guest editor: Raghavendra Gadagkar). doi: 10.1007/s41745-023-00412-6
3. Shakeel M., and Brockmann A. (2023) Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour. Journal of Comparative Physiology A doi: 10.1007/s00359-023-01670-6
2. Warrit N., Ascher J., Basu P., Belavadi V., Brockmann A., Bouchori D., Dorey J.B., Hughes A., Krishnan S. et al. (2023) Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation. Biological Conservation. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110173
1. Alves D.A., George E.A, Kaur R., Brockmann A., Hrncir M., and Grueter C. (2023) Diverse communication strategies in bees as a window into adaptations to an unpredictable world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 120(24):e2219031120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2219031120
2022
3. Rajagopal S., Brockmann A., and George E.A. (2022) Environment-dependent benefits of inter-individual variation in honey bee recruitment. Animal Behaviour 192: 9-26. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.011
2. Kitnya N., Otis G., Chakravorty J., Smith D.R., and Brockmann A. (2022) Apis laboriosa confirmed by morphometric and genetic analyses of giant honey bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from sites of sympatry in Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. Apidologie 53, 47. doi: 0.1007/s13592-022-00956-z
1. Maihoff F., Bolhke K., Brockmann A., and Schmitt T. (2022) Increased complexity of worker CHC profiles in Apis dorsata correlates with nesting ecology. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0271745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271745.
2021
7. Young A.M., Kodabalagi S., Brockmann A., and Dyer F.C. (2021) A hard day’s night: Patterns in the diurnal and nocturnal foraging behavior of Apis dorsata across lunar cycles and seasons. PLoS ONE. 16(10): e0258604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258604
6. Thamm M., Wagler K., Brockmann A., and Scheiner R. (2021) Tyramine 1 receptor distribution in the brain of corbiculate bees points to a conserved function. Brain, Behavior and Evolution (online first) doi: 10.1159/000517014
5. Chatterjee A., Bais D., Brockmann A., and Ramesh D. (2021) Search behavior of individual foragers involves neurotransmitter systems characteristic for social scouting. Frontiers in Insect Science 1:664978. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2021.664978
4. Tait C., Brockmann A and Naug D. (2021) Nesting ecology does not explain slow-fast cognitive differences among honeybee species. Animal Cognition. Animal Cognition 24, 1227-1235. doi: 10.1007/s10071-021-01515-2.
3. George E.A., Thulasi N., Kohl P.L., Suresh S., Rutschmann B., and Brockmann A. (2021) Distance estimation by Asian honey bees in two visually different landscapes. Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.242404 doi: 10.1242/jeb.242404.
2. Young A.M., Kohl P.L., Rutschmann B., Steffen-Dewenter I., Brockmann A., and Dyer F.C. (2021) Temporal and spatial foraging pattern of three Asian honey bee species in Bangalore, India. Apidologie 52, 503-523. doi: 10.1007/s13592-020-00839-1
1. Young A.M., Brockmann A., and Dyer F.C. (2021) Adaptive tuning of the exploitation-exploration trade-off in four honey bee species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75, 20. doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02938-6
2020
7. Parkhitko A.A., Ramesh D., Wang L., Leshchiner D., Filine E., Binari R., Olsen A.L., Asara J.M., Cracan V., Rabinowitz J.D., Brockmann A., and Perrimon N. (2020) Downregulation of the tyrosine degradation pathway extends Drosophila lifespan. Elife. 9:e58053. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58053. (Online ahead of print)
6. George E.A., Pimplikar S., Thulasi N., and Brockmann A. (2020) Similarities in the behaviour of dance followers among honey bee species suggest a conserved mechanism of dance communication. Animal Behaviour 169: 139-155. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.09.011
5. Thimmegowda G.G., Mullen S., Sottilare K., Sharma A., Mohanta S.S., Brockmann A., Dhandapany P.S., and Olsson S.B. (2020) A field-based quantitative analysis of sublethal effects of air pollution on pollinators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 117 (34) 20653-20661. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009074117.
see also Reply to Negri et al.: Air pollution and health impacts on bees: Signs of causation. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2017972117
4. Kitnya N. , Prabhudev M.V., Bhatta C.P., Pham T.H., Nidup T. , Megu K., Chakravorty J., Brockmann A., and Otis G.W. (2020) Geographical distribution of the giant honey bee Apis laboriosa Smith, 1871 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 951: 67-81. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.951.49855.
3. Jain R., and Brockmann A. (2020) Sex-specific molecular specialization and activity rhythm dependent gene expression changes in honey bee antennae. Journal of Experimental Biology. jeb.217406 doi: 10.1242/jeb.217406
2. Kohl P.L., Thulasi N., Rutschmann B., George E.A., Steffen-Dewenter I., and Brockmann A. (2020) Adaptive evolution of honeybee dance dialects. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 287:20200190. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0190
1. George E.A., Broeger A.-K., Thamm M., Brockmann A., and Scheiner R. (2020) Inter-individual variation in honey bee dance intensity correlates with expression of the foraging gene. Genes, Brain and Behavior 19(1): e12592. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12592. Epub 2019
2019
7. Chatterjee A., George E.A., Prabhudev M.V., Basu P., and Brockmann A. (2019 ) Honey bees flexibly use two navigational memories when updating dance distance information. Journal of Experimental Biology. epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1242/jeb.195099
6. Streinzer M., Chakravorty J., Neumayer J., Megu K., Narah J., Schmitt T., Barti H., Spaethe J., and Brockmann A. (2019) Species composition and elevational distribution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille) in the East Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India. ZooKeys 851: 71-89. doi: 103897/zookeys.851.32956
5. George, E.A., and Brockmann A. (2019). Social modulation of individual differences in dance communication in honey bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 41. doi. 10.1007/s00265-019-2649-0
4. Lichtenstein L, Brockmann A. and Spaethe J. (2019) Learning of monochromatic stimuli in Apis cerana and Apis mellifera by means of PER conditioning. Journal of Insect Physiology 114, 30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.02.006
3. Bhagavan H., and Brockmann A. (2019) Apis florea workers show a prolonged period of nursing behavior. Apidologie, 50(1), 60-70. doi: 10.1007/s13592-018-0618-7
2. Sommerlandt F., Brockmann A., Roessler W., and Spaethe J. (2019) Immediate early genes in social insects: a tool to identify brain regions involved in complex behaviors and molecular processes underlying neuroplasticity. (Review) Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 76(4), 637-651. doi: 10.1007/s00018-018-2948-z
1. Ramesh D., and Brockmann A. (2019) Mass spectrometric quantification of arousal associated neurochemical changes in single honey bee brains and brain regions. Part of the "Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience 2018" Special Issue. ACS Chem. Neuro. 10(4), 1950-1959. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00254
2018
5. Brockmann A., Basu P., Shakeel M., Murata S., Murashima N, Boyapati R.K., Prabhu N.G., Herman J.J., Tanimura T. (2018) Sugar intake elicits intelligent searching behavior in flies and honey bees. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00280
4. Jain R., and Brockmann A. (2018) Time-restricted foraging under natural light/dark condition shifts the molecular clock in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Chronobiology International 35(12), 1723-1734. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2018.1509867
3. Galbraith D.A., Fuller Z., Ray A.M, Brockmann A., Frazier M., Gikungu M.G., Martinez J.F.I., Kapheim K.M., Kerby J.T., Kocher S.D., Losyev O., Muli E., Patch H.M., Rosa C., Sakamoto J.M., Stanley S., Vaudo A.D., and Grozinger C.M. (2018) Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics. Scientific Reports 8: 8879. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27164-z.
2. Shah A., Jain R., and Brockmann A. (2018) Egr-1: a candidate transcription factor involved in molecular processes underlying time-memory. Research Topic The Mechanisms of Insect Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology 9:865. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00865.
1. Singh S.A., Shah A., and Brockmann A. (2018) Honey bee foraging induces upregulation of early growth response protein 1, hormone receptor 38 and candidate downstream genes of the ecdysteroid signalling pathway. Insect Molecular Biology 27(1): 90-98. (Epub 2017) doi: 10.1111/imb.12350.
2017
4. Sujkowski A., Ramesh D., Brockmann A., and Wessells R. (2017) Octopamine drives endurance exercise adaptation in Drosophila. Cell Reports 21(7): 1809-1823. doi: org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.065.
3. Karpe S.D., Dhingra S., Brockmann A., and Sowdhamini R. (2017) Computational genome-wide survey of odorant receptors from two solitary bees Dufourea novaeangliae (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) and Habropoda laboriosa (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Scientific Reports 7:10823. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11098-z
2. Murata S., Brockmann A., and Tanimura T. (2017) Pharyngeal stimulation with sugar triggers local searching behaviour in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 220, 3231-3237 doi: 10.1242/jeb.161646.
1. Olsson S.B., and The Bengaluru Consortium (2017) New frontiers for Chemical Ecology: reaffirming a commitment to the Goeteborg Resolution. Guest Editorial. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43:2-3. doi: 10.1007/s10886-016-0813-9 (Axel was part of the Bengaluru Consortium).
2016
4. Karpe S.D., Jain R., Brockmann A., and Sowdhamini R. (2016) Identification of complete repertoire of Apis florea odorant receptors reveals complex orthologous relationships with Apis mellifera. Genome Biology and Evolution 8(9): 2879-2895. doi: 10.1093/geb/evw202
3. Bhagavan H., Muthmann O., and Brockmann A. (2016) Structural and temporal dynamics of the bee curtain in the open-nesting honey bee species, Apis florea. Apidologie 47: 749-758. doi: 10.1007/s13592-016-0428-8
2. Sturm, S., Ramesh, D., Brockmann, A., Neupert, S., and Predel, R. (2016). Agatoxin-like peptides in the neuroendocrine system of the honey bee and other insects. Journal of Proteomics 132(C): 77–84. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.11.021
1. McNeill M.S., Kapheim K.M., Brockmann A., McGill T.A., and Robinson GE. (2016) Brain regions and molecular pathways responding to food reward type and value in honey bees. Genes Brain and Behavior 15(3): 305-317. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12275
2013
1. Streinzer M., Brockmann A., Nagaraja N., and Spaethe J. (2013) Sex and caste specific variation in compound eye morphology of five honeybee species. PLoS ONE 8(2):e57702. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057702.
Axel's earlier publications (selected list)
Barron A.B., Brockmann A., Sen Sarma M., and Robinson G.E. 2012. Molecular dissection of honey bee dance behaviour. 2012. In “Honeybee neurobiology and behaviour – a tribute for Randolf Menzel”. Eds.: Eisenhardt D et al., Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York.
Brockmann A., and Sarma Sen M. 2009. Honeybee dance language: is it overrated? TREE 24: 583.
Brockmann A., Annangudi S.P., Richmond T.A., Ament S.A., Xie F., Southey B.R., Robinson G.E., and Sweedler J.V. 2009. Quantitative peptidomics reveal brain peptide signatures of behavior. PNAS 106: 2383–2388.
Nagaraja N., and Brockmann A. 2009. Drones of the dwarf honey Bee Apis florea are attracted to (2E)-9-Oxodecenoic Acid and (2E)-10-Hydroxydecenoic Acid. J Chem Ecol 35: 653-5.
Brockmann A., and Robinson G.E. 2007. Central projections of sensory systems involved in honey bee dance language communication. Brain Behav Evol 70: 125–136.
Wanner K.W., Nichols A.S., Walden K.K.O., Brockmann A., Luetje C.W., and Robertson HM. 2007. A honey bee odorant receptor for the queen substance 9-oxo-2-decenoic acid. PNAS 104: 14383–14388.
Tautz J., Zhang S., Spaethe J., Brockmann A., Si A., and Srinivasan M. 2004. Honeybee odometry: performance in varying natural terrain. PLoS Biol 2(7): e211.
Tautz J., Maier S., Groh C., Rössler W., Brockmann A. 2003. Behavioral performance in adult honey bees is influenced by the temperature experienced during their pupal development. PNAS 100 (12) 7343-7347
Mallon E.B., Brockmann A., and Schmid-Hempel P. 2003. Immune responds inhibits associative learning in insects. Proc. R. Soc. L. B. 270: 2471-2473.
Barron A.B., Brockmann A., Sen Sarma M., and Robinson G.E. 2012. Molecular dissection of honey bee dance behaviour. 2012. In “Honeybee neurobiology and behaviour – a tribute for Randolf Menzel”. Eds.: Eisenhardt D et al., Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York.
Brockmann A., and Sarma Sen M. 2009. Honeybee dance language: is it overrated? TREE 24: 583.
Brockmann A., Annangudi S.P., Richmond T.A., Ament S.A., Xie F., Southey B.R., Robinson G.E., and Sweedler J.V. 2009. Quantitative peptidomics reveal brain peptide signatures of behavior. PNAS 106: 2383–2388.
Nagaraja N., and Brockmann A. 2009. Drones of the dwarf honey Bee Apis florea are attracted to (2E)-9-Oxodecenoic Acid and (2E)-10-Hydroxydecenoic Acid. J Chem Ecol 35: 653-5.
Brockmann A., and Robinson G.E. 2007. Central projections of sensory systems involved in honey bee dance language communication. Brain Behav Evol 70: 125–136.
Wanner K.W., Nichols A.S., Walden K.K.O., Brockmann A., Luetje C.W., and Robertson HM. 2007. A honey bee odorant receptor for the queen substance 9-oxo-2-decenoic acid. PNAS 104: 14383–14388.
Tautz J., Zhang S., Spaethe J., Brockmann A., Si A., and Srinivasan M. 2004. Honeybee odometry: performance in varying natural terrain. PLoS Biol 2(7): e211.
Tautz J., Maier S., Groh C., Rössler W., Brockmann A. 2003. Behavioral performance in adult honey bees is influenced by the temperature experienced during their pupal development. PNAS 100 (12) 7343-7347
Mallon E.B., Brockmann A., and Schmid-Hempel P. 2003. Immune responds inhibits associative learning in insects. Proc. R. Soc. L. B. 270: 2471-2473.
bioRxiv Pre-Prints
(later published in peer-reviewed journals)
Shakeel M., and Brockmann A. Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour. bioRxiv posted March 14, 2023 doi: 10.1101/2023.03.13.532281
Rajagopal S., Brockmann A., and George E.A. Environment dependent benefits of individual differences in honey bee recruitment. bioRxiv posted August 25, 2021. 10.1101/2021.08.18.456819
Chatterjee A., Bais D., Brockmann A., and Ramesh D. Search behavior of individual foragers involves neurotransmitter systems characteristic for social scouting. bioRxiv posted December 31, 2020 doi: 10.1101/2020.12.30.424710
George E.A., Thulasi N., Kohl P.L., Suresh S., Rutschmann B., and Brockmann A. Do honey bee species differ in the odometer used for the waggle dance? bioRxiv posted December 18, 2020 doi:10.1101/2020.12.17.423277
George E.A., Pimplikar S, Thulasi N, and Brockmann A. Similarities in the behaviour of dance followers among honey bee species suggest a conserved mechanism of dance communication. (February 4, 2020) doi:10.1101/2020.02.02.931345
Jain R., and Brockmann A. Sex-specific molecular specialization and activity rhythm dependent gene expression changes in honey bee antennae. (September 5, 2019) doi: 10.1101/755728.
Chatterjee A ., Prabhudev M.V., George E.A ., Basu P., and Brockmann A.. Making honey bees lie: experimental dissociation of flight experience and dance communication. (February 20, 2018) doi.org/10.1101/268292. (Accepted/Published)
Streinzer M., Chakravorty J., Neumayer J., Megu K., Narah J., Schmitt T., Barti H., Spaethe J., and Brockmann A. Species composition and altitudinal distribution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) in the East Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India. (October 13, 2018) doi: 10.1101/442475. (Accepted/Published)
Galbraith D.A., Fuller Z., Brockmann A., Frazier M., Gikungu M.G., Kapheim K.M., Kerby J.T., Kocher S.D., Losyev O., Muli E., Patch H.M., Sakamoto J.M., Stanley S., Vaudo A.D., and Grozinger C.M. Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics. (January 4, 2018) doi: 10.1101/243139. (Accepted/Published)
Jain R., and Brockmann A. Time-restricted foraging under natural light/dark condition shifts the molecular clock in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. (January 3, 2018) doi: 10.1101/242289. (Accepted/Published)
George E.A., and Brockmann A. Regulation of individual differences in recruitment behavior within honey bee foraging groups. (January 2, 2018) doi: 10.1101/241679. (Accepted/Published)
Brockmann A., Murata S., Murashima N, Boyapati R.K., Shakeel M., Prabhu N.G., Herman J.J., Basu P., and Tanimura T. Sugar intake elicits a small-scale search behavior in flies and honey bees that involves capabilities found in large-scale navigation. (August 1, 2017) doi: 10.1101/171215. (Accepted/Published)
(later published in peer-reviewed journals)
Shakeel M., and Brockmann A. Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour. bioRxiv posted March 14, 2023 doi: 10.1101/2023.03.13.532281
Rajagopal S., Brockmann A., and George E.A. Environment dependent benefits of individual differences in honey bee recruitment. bioRxiv posted August 25, 2021. 10.1101/2021.08.18.456819
Chatterjee A., Bais D., Brockmann A., and Ramesh D. Search behavior of individual foragers involves neurotransmitter systems characteristic for social scouting. bioRxiv posted December 31, 2020 doi: 10.1101/2020.12.30.424710
George E.A., Thulasi N., Kohl P.L., Suresh S., Rutschmann B., and Brockmann A. Do honey bee species differ in the odometer used for the waggle dance? bioRxiv posted December 18, 2020 doi:10.1101/2020.12.17.423277
George E.A., Pimplikar S, Thulasi N, and Brockmann A. Similarities in the behaviour of dance followers among honey bee species suggest a conserved mechanism of dance communication. (February 4, 2020) doi:10.1101/2020.02.02.931345
Jain R., and Brockmann A. Sex-specific molecular specialization and activity rhythm dependent gene expression changes in honey bee antennae. (September 5, 2019) doi: 10.1101/755728.
Chatterjee A ., Prabhudev M.V., George E.A ., Basu P., and Brockmann A.. Making honey bees lie: experimental dissociation of flight experience and dance communication. (February 20, 2018) doi.org/10.1101/268292. (Accepted/Published)
Streinzer M., Chakravorty J., Neumayer J., Megu K., Narah J., Schmitt T., Barti H., Spaethe J., and Brockmann A. Species composition and altitudinal distribution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) in the East Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India. (October 13, 2018) doi: 10.1101/442475. (Accepted/Published)
Galbraith D.A., Fuller Z., Brockmann A., Frazier M., Gikungu M.G., Kapheim K.M., Kerby J.T., Kocher S.D., Losyev O., Muli E., Patch H.M., Sakamoto J.M., Stanley S., Vaudo A.D., and Grozinger C.M. Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics. (January 4, 2018) doi: 10.1101/243139. (Accepted/Published)
Jain R., and Brockmann A. Time-restricted foraging under natural light/dark condition shifts the molecular clock in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. (January 3, 2018) doi: 10.1101/242289. (Accepted/Published)
George E.A., and Brockmann A. Regulation of individual differences in recruitment behavior within honey bee foraging groups. (January 2, 2018) doi: 10.1101/241679. (Accepted/Published)
Brockmann A., Murata S., Murashima N, Boyapati R.K., Shakeel M., Prabhu N.G., Herman J.J., Basu P., and Tanimura T. Sugar intake elicits a small-scale search behavior in flies and honey bees that involves capabilities found in large-scale navigation. (August 1, 2017) doi: 10.1101/171215. (Accepted/Published)