E-β-ocimene, a volatile brood pheromone involved in social regulation in the honey bee colony (Apis mellifera).

E-β-ocimene, a volatile brood pheromone involved in social regulation in the honey bee colony (Apis mellifera).

<h4>Background</h4>In honey bee colony, the brood is able to manipulate and chemically control the workers in order to sustain their own development. A brood ester pheromone produced primarily by old larvae (4 and 5 days old larvae) was first identified as acting as a contact pheromone w...

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Main Authors: Alban Maisonnasse, Jean-Christophe Lenoir, Dominique Beslay, Didier Crauser, Yves Le Conte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21042405/pdf/?tool=EBI

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