o-Aminoacetophenone, a pheromone that repels honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 44 (3) , 270-271
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01941735
Abstract
o-Aminoacetophenone is a pheromone produced by virgin honeybee queens and released with feces. In small social groups, the pheromone repels and is used to terminate agonistic interactions between queens and workers.Keywords
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