A scientific note on E-$\beta$-ocimene, a new volatile primer pheromone that inhibits worker ovary development in honey bees

Alban Maisonnasse; Jean-Christophe Lenoir; Guy Costagliola; Dominique Beslay; Fanny Choteau; Didier Crauser; Jean-Marc Becard; Erika Plettner; Yves Le Conte

doi:doi:10.1051/apido/2009024

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Volume 40 / No 5 (September-October 2009)

Apidologie, 40 5 (2009) 562-564

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 40, Number 5, September-October 2009


Page(s)		562 - 564
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009024
Published online		13 June 2009

Apidologie 40 (2009) 562-564
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009024

A scientific note on E- $\beta$ -ocimene, a new volatile primer pheromone that inhibits worker ovary development in honey bees

Alban Maisonnasse¹, Jean-Christophe Lenoir¹, Guy Costagliola², Dominique Beslay¹, Fanny Choteau¹, Didier Crauser¹, Jean-Marc Becard¹, Erika Plettner³ and Yves Le Conte¹

¹ INRA, UMR 406, Abeilles et Environnement, Laboratoire Biologie et Protection de l'Abeille, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon, France
² INRA, Unité Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon, France 
³ Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada

Received 28 October 2008 – Revised 27 January 2009 – Accepted 3 February 2009 - Published online 13 June 2009

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Key words: E- $\boldmath\beta$ -ocimene / ovary development / pheromone / brood / Apis mellifera

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A scientific note on E--ocimene, a new volatile primer pheromone that inhibits worker ovary development in honey bees

A scientific note on E- $\beta$ -ocimene, a new volatile primer pheromone that inhibits worker ovary development in honey bees