Production of a Forage-Marking Pheromone by the Honeybee
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Apicultural Research
- Vol. 18 (2), 128-135
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1979.11099956
Abstract
A volatile pheromone left at a food source by foragers induced others to alight. Pheromone from the dorsal surface of the abdomen was more effective than from the head and thorax. The response of bees to a food source with an artificial scent was increased with the addition of the forage-marking pheromone. When extracted from the substrate with dichloromethane it retained its biological activity.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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