Nectar Attracts Foraging Honey Bees with Components of Their Queen Pheromones

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1028-1036

  Liu, Fanglin ^a,b   Gao, Jie ^b   Di, Nayan ^b   Adler, Lynn S ^c  

^a HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee mandibular pheromone; Chemical mimicry; Nectar; Phenolics; Pollination

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; HONEYBEE; MIMICRY; NECTAR; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHEROMONE; POLLINATION; SOLUTION; SUCROSE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; TITHONIA ROTUNDIFOLIA;

NECTAR; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ASTERACEAE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; FAGOPYRUM; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BEES; CHINA; FAGOPYRUM; FOOD CHAIN; PHEROMONES; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION;

EID: 84949321246     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0642-2     Document Type: Article

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