Chemical Mating Attractants in the Queen Honey Bee
- 1 June 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 136 (3518) , 773-774
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3518.773
Abstract
Drone attraction to ether extracts of virgin queens (Apis mellifera L.) demonstrated that chemical communication enables the drones to orient themselves to queens during mating flights. The primary source of queen mating attractants is the mandibular glands. Fractionation of mandibular gland lipids yielded several attractive fractions that may act jointly. One fraction was queen substance (9-oxodec-2-enoic acid).This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Queen SubstanceBee World, 1959
- Pheromones (Ectohormones) in InsectsAnnual Review of Entomology, 1959
- Further Studies on the Mating Range of the Honey Bee,Apis melliferaL.The Canadian Entomologist, 1957
- The Frequency of Multiple Mating of Queen Honey BeesJournal of Economic Entomology, 1954