Discovery of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl acetate, a new alarm component in the sting apparatus of Africanized honeybees

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 453-463

  Hunt, Greg J ^a   Wood, Karl V ^a   Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^b   Lee, Hsiupu D ^a   Rothwell, Arlene P ^a   Bonham, Connie C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alarm; Apis mellifera; Defensive behavior; Honeybee; Pheromone; Social insect; Stinging

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 2 BUTEN 1 YL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOPENTYL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALARM SIGNAL; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL INSECT;

ALARM MONITORING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; INSECT STING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037303527     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022694330868     Document Type: Article

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