Characterization of queen-specific components of the fluid released by fighting honey bee queens

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 161-167

  Bernasconi, Giorgina ^a   Bigler, Laurent ^a   Hesse, Manfred ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis; Conflict; Fighting behaviour; Gas chromatography; Honeybee; Hymenoptera; Insects; Ortho aminoacetophenone; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004424046     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050049     Document Type: Article

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