queen pheromone

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• Queen bee — For other uses, see Queen bee (disambiguation). Carniolan queen bee with attendants on a honeycomb. The term queen bee is typically used to refer to an adult, mated female that lives in a honey bee colony or hive; she is usually the mother of… …   Wikipedia

• Queen mandibular pheromone — Queen Mandibular Protein, or QMP, is a honey bee pheromone produced by the queen and fed to her attendants who share it with the rest of the colony that gives the colony the sense of being queenright. Chemically QMP is very diverse with at least… …   Wikipedia

• queen bee substance — or queen substance noun A pheromone secreted by a queen bee which attracts drones and keeps workers infertile • • • Main Entry: ↑queen …   Useful english dictionary

• queen substance — queen′ sub stance n. ent a pheromone secreted by the queen honeybee and absorbed by the worker bees, preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens • Etymology: 1950–55 …   From formal English to slang

• queen substance — noun : a pheromone secreted by a queen bee and consumed by worker bees in which it inhibits ovary development ; also : the same or a similar substance secreted by termites * * * a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee… …   Useful english dictionary

• queen substance — noun Date: 1954 a pheromone secreted by queen bees that is consumed by worker bees and inhibits ovary development …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• queen substance — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, pheromones released by the queen honeybee that attracts and controls the reproductive activities of workers and other queens; Trans 9 Keto 2 decanoic acid is the most potent component of the pheromone mixture …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• queen substance — a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens. [1950 55] * * * …   Universalium

• Laying worker bee — A laying worker bee is a worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs usually in the absence of a queen bee. Only drones develop from the eggs of laying worker bees (with some exceptions, see thelytoky). A beehive cannot survive with only a laying… …   Wikipedia

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