A scientific note on E-β-ocimene, a new volatile primer pheromone that inhibits worker ovary development in honey bees

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-564

  Maisonnasse, Alban ^a   Lenoir, Jean Christophe ^a   Costagliola, Guy ^b   Beslay, Dominique ^a   Choteau, Fanny ^a   Crauser, Didier ^a   Becard, Jean Marc ^a   Plettner, Erika ^c   Conte, Yves Le ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brood; E ocimene; Ovary development; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATURATION; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 70349647845     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009024     Document Type: Article

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