Detection of illicit drugs by trained honeybees (Apis mellifera)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Schott, Matthias ^a,b   Klein, Birgit ^c   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c Forensic Institute Section Narcotics Chemistry State Office of Criminal Investigation Hessen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; FRAGRANCE; STREET DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTENNA (ORGAN); APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANTENNOGRAPHY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROMPHADORHINA PORTENTOSA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; MEASUREMENT; MOTH; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOG; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LEARNING; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANNABIS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOGS; LEARNING; MALE; ODORANTS; SMELL; STREET DRUGS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84938911093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128528     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. World Drug Report 2012. United Nations Publication E.12. XI.1. 2012.
2. Leitch O, Anderson A, Paul Kirkbride K, Lennard C. Biological organisms as volatile compound detectors: A review. Foresic Sci Int. 2013; 232(1-3):92-103. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.07.004
3. Frederickx C, Verheggen FJ, Haubruge E. Biosensors in forensic sciences. Biotechnol Agron Soc. 2011; 15(3):449-58.
4. Coffman K, Neroulias N. Colorado, Washington first states to legalize recreational pot. Reuters; 2012; Available: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/us-usa-marijuana-legalizationidUSBRE8A602D20121107. Accessed 14 April 2013.
5. Oldham J. Drug-Sniffing Dogs Pose a Problem in States That Legalized Marijuana. Bloomberg L.P.; 2013; Available: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-22/drug-sniffing-dogs-pose-aproblem-in-states-that-legalized-marijuana. Accessed 14 April 2013.
6. Room R. Legalizing a market for cannabis for pleasure: Colorado, Washington, Uruguay and beyond. Addiction. 2014; 109(3):345-51. doi: 10.1111/add.12355 PMID: 24180513
7. Davis PJ, Wadhams L, Bayliss JS, inventors; Detection of odors using insects. Great Britain patent 237504. 2007.
8. Rains GC, Tomberlin JK, Kulasiri D. Using insect sniffing devices for detection. Trends Biotechnol. 2008; 26(6):288-94. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.02.007 PMID: 18375006
9. Missbach C, Dweck HKM, Vogel H, Vilcinskas A, Stensmyr MC, Hansson BS, et al. Evolution of insect olfactory receptors. eLife. 2014; 3:e02115. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02115 PMID: 24670956
10. Michel R. Pheromones and General Odor Perception in Insects. In: Mucignat-Caretta C, editor. Neurobiology of Chemical Communication: CRC Press; 2014. p. 23-56.
11. Leal WS. Odorant Reception in Insects: Roles of Receptors, Binding Proteins, and Degrading Enzymes. Annu Rev Entomol. 2013; 58:373-91. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153635 PMID: 23020622
12. Schott M, Wehrenfennig C, Gasch T, Vilcinskas A. Insect Antenna-Based Biosensors for In Situ Detection of Volatiles. Adv Biochem Eng Biot. 2013; (136:) :1-22. doi: 10.1007/10-2013-210 PMID: 23881056
13. Schott M, Wehrenfennig C, Gasch T, Düring R- A, Vilcinskas A. A portable gas chromatograph with simultaneous detection by mass spectrometry and electroantennography for the highly sensitive in situ measurement of volatiles. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2013; 405(23):7457-67. doi: 10.1007/s00216-013-7196-3 PMID: 23954942
14. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. World Drug Report 2014. United Nations Publication E.14.XI.7. 2014.
15. Kirkerud NH, Wehmann HN, Galizia CG, Gustav D. APIS-a novel approach for conditioning honey bees. Front Behav Neurosci. 2013; 7:29. Epub 2013/04/26. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00029 PMID: 23616753
16. Holm S. A Simple Sequentially Rejective Multiple Test Procedure. Scand J Stat. 1979; 6(2):65-70. doi: 10.2307/4615733
17. Park KC, Baker TC. Improvement of signal-to-noise ratio in electroantennogram responses using multiple insect antennae. J Insect Physiol. 2002; 48(12):1139-45. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00207-X PMID: 12770037
18. Akers RP, Getz WM. A test of identified response classes among olfactory receptor neurons in the honey-bee worker. Chem Senses. 1992; 17(2):191-209. doi: 10.1093/chemse/17.2.191
19. Lawrence AH, Elias L, Authier-Martin M. Determination of amphetamine, cocaine, and heroin vapour pressures using a dynamic gas blending system and gas chromatographic analysis. Can J Chemistry. 1984; 62(10):1886-8. doi: 10.1139/v84-323
20. Matsumoto Y, Menzel R, Sandoz J- C, Giurfa M. Revisiting olfactory classical conditioning of the proboscis extension response in honey bees: A step toward standardized procedures. J Neurosci Meth. 2012; 211(1):159-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.08.018 PMID: 22960052
21. Behrends A, Scheiner R. Learning at old age: a study on winter bees. Front Behav Neurosci. 2010; 4:15. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00015 PMID: 20428511
22. Hansson BS, Szocs G, Schmidt F, Francke W, Lofstedt C, Toth M. Electrophysiological and chemical analysis of sex pheromone communication system of the mottled umber, Erannis defoliaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). J Chem Ecol. 1990; 16(6):1887-97. Epub 1990/06/01. doi: 10.1007/BF01020502 PMID: 24263992
23. Lent DD, Kwon HW. Antennal movements reveal associative learning in the American cockroach Periplaneta americana. J Exp Biol. 2004; 207(Pt 2):369-75. Epub 2003/12/12. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00736 PMID: 14668320