An Insect Mechanoreceptor: Part I: Fine Structure and Adequate Stimulus

This paper describes results of one part of an investigation concerned with the transducer process in hair plate receptors of the honey bee. The object of this part was to study in parallel the fine structure and the adequate stimulating events affecting cellular structures. The aim has been to get information (a) on the cellular elements involved in the early stages of the transducer process, and (b) on the kind of mechanical distortion which is effective in stimulating these structures.