Mandibular gland volatiles and their ontogenetic patterns in queen honey bees, Apis mellifera carnica

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-313

  Engels, Wolf ^a   Rosenkranz, Peter ^a,c   Adler, Armin ^a   Taghizadeh, Timo ^b   Lübke, Gunther ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; GC MS analyses; Mandibular gland volatiles; Ontogenetic patterns; Queen pheromone

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0030845502     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00110-2     Document Type: Article

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