A digital three-dimensional atlas of the honeybee antennal lobe based on optical sections acquired by confocal microscopy

We present a digital atlas of the glomeruli in the antennal lobe of the hon eybee, Apis mellifera, accessible to the scientific community via the Inter net. The atlas allows the identification of glomeruli in preparations in wh ich the glomeruli can be recognized, be it in sections or in whole-mounts. The high resolution of the anatomical data upon which the atlas is based an d its electronic form should prove to be an important tool for anyone invol ved in the study of the honeybee antennal lobe. Its accessibility via the I nternet is a step towards interactive and freely accessible databases of an imal brains.