Stimuli Eliciting Mating Behaviour of Bumblebee (Bomb Us Pratoruml.) Males
- 1 January 1971
- Vol. 40 (1-2) , 55-61
- https://doi.org/10.1163/156853971x00320
Abstract
1. Males were attracted to queens presented near a visiting place, but usually ignored those offered elsewhere along a flight route. 2. A black object the size of a queen successfully elicited inspection and attempts to mate; the orange and yellow bands on a queen's body and her movements seemed not to do so. 3. The odour of a queen is important in inducing males to alight on her. Odour differences probably account for the greater attractiveness of young than old queens.Keywords
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