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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Variation in and responses to brood pheromone of the honey bee (APIS mellifera L.)
Journal of Chemical Ecology, Volume 36, No. 4, Year 2010
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The 10 fatty acid ester components of brood pheromone were extracted from larvae of different populations of USA and South African honey bees and subjected to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry quantitative analysis. Extractable amounts of brood pheromone were not significantly different by larval population; however, differences in the proportions of components enabled us to classify larval population of 77% of samples correctly by discriminant analysis. Honeybee releaser and primer pheromone responses to USA,Africanized and-European pheromone blends were tested. Texas-Africanized and Georgia-European colonies responded with a significantly greater ratio of returning pollen foragers when treated with a blend from the same population than from a different population. There was a significant interaction of pheromone blend by adult population source among Georgia-European bees for modulation of sucrose response threshold, a primer response. Brood pheromone blend variation interacted with population for pollen foraging response of colonies, suggesting a self recognition cue for this pheromone releaser behavior. An interaction of pheromone blend and population for priming sucrose response thresholds among workers within the first week of adult life suggested a more complex interplay of genotype, ontogeny, and pheromone blend. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Metz, Bradley N.
Unknown Affiliation
Pankiw, Tanya
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Tichy, Shane E.
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Aronstein, Katherine A.
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Crewe, Robin M.
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Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10886-010-9775-5
ISSN:
00980331
e-ISSN:
15731561
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative