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Adaptation of worker honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) to their alarm pheromones
Author(s) -
ALSA'AD B. N.,
FREE J. B.,
HOWSE P. E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1985.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - pheromone , biology , alarm , sex pheromone , beekeeping , adaptation (eye) , sting , zoology , ecology , engineering , neuroscience , aerospace engineering
. Honeybees rapidly became adapted to synthetic alarm pheromone components dispensed within their hives, and were less; inclined to sting both unmarked targets and targets marked with the; alarm pheromone. The possible application to beekeeping is discussed.