Genetic Factor in Queen Recognition Odors of Honey Bees
- 15 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 75 (6) , 654-656
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/75.6.654
Abstract
Swarms of worker honey bees, Apis mellifera L., recognize their own queen and, if given the choice, can distinguish her from foreign queens on the basis of individual odors. Experiments indicate that the recognition odors of queens are in part genetically determined and in part acquired from the hive environment.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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