EFFECT OF A BROOD PHEROMONE ON HONEYBEE HYPOPHARYNGEAL GLANDS

Authors
MOHAMMEDI A CRAUSER D PARIS A LECONTE Y
Citation
A. Mohammedi et al., EFFECT OF A BROOD PHEROMONE ON HONEYBEE HYPOPHARYNGEAL GLANDS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 3, Sciences de la vie, 319(9), 1996, pp. 769-772
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 3, Sciences de la vie → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644469
Volume
319
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
769 - 772
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4469(1996)319:9<769:EOABPO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
In a honeybee colony, brood stimulates development of hypopharyngeal g lands of nurse bees. A chemical signal, a blend of 10 fatty acid ester s, has been identified on larval cuticle. We demonstrate that the blen d of 10 esters, ethyl oleate, and methyl palmitate stimulates the prot ein synthesis of hypopharyngeal glands of nurses. Thus, in Apis mellif era the chemical signal from the brood acts as a primer pheromone in a ddition to its previously shown role as a releaser pheromone.