Nosema spp. Infection Alters pheromone production in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 522-525

  Dussaubat, Claudia ^a   Maisonnasse, Alban ^a   Alaux, Cedric ^a   Tchamitchan, Sylvie ^a   Brunet, Jean Luc ^a   Plettner, Erika ^b   Belzunces, Luc P ^a   Le Conte, Yves ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethyl oleate; Honey bee; Imidacloprid; Nosema spp.; Primer pheromone

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHEROMONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTER; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LABOR DIVISION; PARASITISM; PESTICIDE; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; IMIDAZOLES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NOSEMA; OLEIC ACIDS; PHEROMONES;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; NOSEMA;

EID: 77952321388     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9786-2     Document Type: Article

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