A scientific note on the lack of effect of mandible ablation on the synthesis of royal scent by honeybee queens

Huo-Qing Zheng , Vincent Dietemann , Fu-Liang Hu , Robin Crewe , Christian Pirk

Mots clés: mandible ablation; queen pheromone; mandibular gland; honeybee queen; multiple queen colony

Domaines: Zoologie des invertébrés; Biodiversité; Ecologie, Environnement; Science des productions animales

Huo-Qing Zheng, Vincent Dietemann, Fu-Liang Hu, Robin Crewe, Christian Pirk. A scientific note on the lack of effect of mandible ablation on the synthesis of royal scent by honeybee queens. Apidologie, 2012, 43 (4), pp.471-473. ⟨10.1007/s13592-011-0114-9⟩. ⟨hal-01003538⟩