Wednesday 19 November 2014

Changing Pheromone Signals of Young Bee Influences Adult Bee Foraging

Honey bee larvae communicate their needs by emitting chemical signals called pheromones that influence the behavior of their caregivers. As larvae age, the diet they're fed changes. So too do the pheromone signals they emit. In a paper published in the advanced online edition of the journal iAnimal Behaviour/i, ASU alumna Kirsten Traynor, a research associate with the University of Maryland, Robert E. Page Jr., ASU university provost and professor in the School ...

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