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QUEEN HONEY BEE MANDIBULAR PHEROMONE DOES NOT AFFECT WORKER OVARY DEVELOPMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L.G. Willis ,
M.L. Winston  and
K.N. Slessor
L.G. Willis
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
M.L. Winston
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
K.N. Slessor
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
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Abstract

This study examined the dose-dependent effects of synthetic honey bee queen mandibular pheromone on the inhibition of worker ovary development. The range of doses examined was from 10−3 to 10 queen equivalents (Qeq) per day for 43 days; 1 Qeq was the amount of pheromone in an average pair of queen mandibular glands. Ovary class and ovariole number scores were used as estimates of worker ovary development. Queen mandibular pheromone did not inhibit ovary development in workers at any dose.

Résumé

Les effets de la dépendance à la dose du phéromone mandibulaire synthétique de la reine de l’abeille domestique ont été étudiés. Les doses essayées se sont étendues à partir de 10−3 jusqu’à 10 reine équivalentes (Qeq) par jour pendant 43 jours; 1 Qeq étant la quantité en moyenne de phéromone dans une paire de glandes mandibulaires de la reine. La catégorie des ovaires et le compte du nombre d’ovarioles ont été utilisés pour évaluer le développement des ovaires des ouvrières. Aucune dose du phéromone mandibulaire de la reine n’a inhibé le développement de l’ovaire chez les ouvrières.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 122 , Issue 6 , December 1990 , pp. 1093 - 1099
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1990

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