Workers Make the Queens in Melipona Bees: Identification of Geraniol as a Caste Determining Compound from Labial Glands of Nurse Bees

Erstveröffentlichung
2010Authors
Jarau, Stefan
van Veen, Johan W.
Twele, Robert
Reichle, Christian
Herrera Gonzales, Eduardo
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Published in
Journal of chemical ecology ; 36 (2010), 6. - S. 565-569. - ISSN 0098-0331. - eISSN 1573-1561
Link to publication
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-010-9793-3Faculties
Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitutions
Institut für Evolutionsökologie und NaturschutzgenomikInstitut für Experimentelle Ökologie
Subject headings
[Free subject headings]: Social insects | Stingless bees | Melipona | Caste determination | Larval provision | Labial gland secretions | Primer pheromone | Geraniol | Apidae | Hymenoptera | SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA | CONFLICT | MECHANISMS | EVOLUTION | BEECHEII | BEHAVIOR | INSECTS | FOOD[DDC subject group]: DDC 570 / Life sciences