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Queen and young larval pheromones impact nursing and reproductive physiology of honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers

Several insect pheromones are multifunctional and have both releaser and primer effects. In honey bees (Apis mellifera), the queen mandibular pheromone (QMP) and e-beta-ocimene (eβ), emitted by young worker larvae, have such dual effects. There is increasing evidence that these multifunctional phero...

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Published in:Behav Ecol Sociobiol
Main Authors: Traynor, Kirsten S., Le Conte, Yves, Page, Robert E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220115/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395721
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1811-y
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