Workers Make the Queens in Melipona Bees: Identification of Geraniol as a Caste Determining Compound from Labial Glands of Nurse Bees

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 565-569

  Jarau, Stefan ^a   van Veen, Johan W ^b   Twele, Robert ^c   Reichle, Christian ^a   Gonzales, Eduardo Herrera ^b   Aguilar, Ingrid ^b   Francke, Wittko ^c   Ayasse, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apidae; Caste determination; Geraniol; Hymenoptera; Labial gland secretions; Larval provision; Melipona; Primer pheromone; Social insects; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

GERANIOL; TERPENE;

ALCOHOL; BEE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; LABOR DIVISION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; SECRETION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; LARVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERPENES;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA BEECHEII; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 77953323270     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9793-3     Document Type: Article

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