Influence of age on antennal response of male honey bees, Apis mellifera, to Queen Mandibular Pheromone and alarm pheromone component

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1867-1880

  Vetter, Richard S ^a   Visscher, P Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Apis mellifera honey bee; Clectroantennogram; Drone bees; Queen pheromone

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0030746777     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006456.90528.94     Document Type: Article

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