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Queen mandibular pheromone: questions that remain to be resolved

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The discovery of ‘queen substance’, and the subsequent identification and synthesis of key components of queen mandibular pheromone, has been of significant importance to beekeepers and to the beekeeping industry. Fifty years on, there is greater appreciation of the importance and complexity of queen pheromones, but many mysteries remain about the mechanisms through which pheromones operate. The discovery of sex pheromone communication in moths occurred within the same time period, but in this case, intense pressure to find better means of pest management resulted in a remarkable focusing of research activity on understanding pheromone detection mechanisms and the central processing of pheromone signals in the moth. We can benefit from this work and here, studies on moths are used to highlight some of the gaps in our knowledge of pheromone communication in bees. A better understanding of pheromone communication in honey bees promises improved strategies for the successful management of these extraordinary animals.
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David D. Jarriault, Alison R. Mercer. Queen mandibular pheromone: questions that remain to be resolved. Apidologie, 2012, 43 (3), pp.292-307. ⟨10.1007/s13592-011-0117-6⟩. ⟨hal-01190002⟩
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