Detailed chemical analysis of honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker brood volatile profile from egg to emergence.

ABSTRACT: Chemical communication is a widely used mode of communication for social insects and has been demonstrated to be involved in many behaviours and physiological processes such as reproduction, nutrition or the fight against parasites and pathogens. In the honey bee, Apis mellifera, the release of chemical compounds by the brood plays a role in worker behaviour, physiology, and foraging activities and colony health as a whole. Several compounds have already been described as brood pheromones, such as components of the brood ester pheromone and (E)-β-ocimene. Several other compounds originating from diseased or varroa-infested brood cells have been described as triggering the hygienic behaviour of workers. So far, studies of brood emissions have focused on specific stages of development and li

SUBMITTER: Noel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943000 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature