Nestmate recognition cues in the honey Bee: Differential importance of cuticular alkanes and alkenes

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 477-489

  Dani, Francesca R ^a   Jones, Graeme R ^b   Corsi, Silvia ^a   Beard, Richard ^b   Pradella, Duccio ^a   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Cuticular lipids; Honeybees; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENE; SKIN LIPID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FRACTIONATION; HONEYBEE; MATING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

ALKANES; ALKENES; ANIMALS; BEES; CUES; HYDROCARBONS, ACYCLIC; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 14844291283     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bji040     Document Type: Article

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