Task-related chemical analysis of labial gland volatile secretion in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 919-926

  Katzav Gozansky, Tamar ^a   Soroker, Victoria ^a   Ionescu, Armin ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^b   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Exocrine glands; Forager bees; Honeybees; Hydrocarbons; Labial glands; Secretion; Task specificity

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON;

BEE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SECRETION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; HONEYBEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; VOLATILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; SALIVARY GLANDS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0034945115     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010330902388     Document Type: Article

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