Effects of queen mandibular pheromone on nestmate recognition in worker honeybees, Apis mellifera

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-656

  Fan, Yongliang ^a   Richard, Freddie Jeanne ^a   Rouf, Nabila ^a   Grozinger, Christina M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; Apis mellifera; chemical communication; cuticular hydrocarbon; honeybee; social insect

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; AGGRESSION; CHEMICAL CUE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 76449089559     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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