Caste- and colony-specific chemical signals on eggs of the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Ayasse, Manfred ^a   Birnbaum, Julia ^a   Tengö, Jan ^b   Van Doorn, Adriaan ^c   Taghizadeh, Timo ^d   Francke, Wittko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Koppert Biological Systems   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bombus terrestris L.; Caste and colony specific odour; Chemical analysis; Chemical communication; Dufour's gland pheromones; Egg volatiles; Hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005732880     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050042     Document Type: Article

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