Queen mandibular gland pheromone influences worker honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) foraging ontogeny and juvenile hormone titers

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 685-692

  Pankiw, T ^a   Huang, Z Y ^b   Winston, M L ^c   Robinson, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Juvenile hormone; Queen mandibular gland pheromone; Social insects

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0032127822     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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