Honeybees discriminate cuticular waxes based on esters and polar components

Apidologie

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-274

  Frohlich B ^a   Riederer, M ^a   Tautz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Chemical component; Cuticular wax; Differential conditioning; Discrimination of wax; Proboscis extension reflex

Indexed keywords

ESTER; WAX;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034950916     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2001128     Document Type: Article

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