A scientific note on the aliphatic esters in queen honey bees

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-560

  Keeling, Christopher I ^a,b   Slessor, Keith N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aliphatic ester; Apis mellifera; Pheromone; Queen

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 29244470249     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005044     Document Type: Article

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