Schmitt, Thomas and Herzner, Gudrun and Weckerle, Bernhard and Schreier, Peter and Strohm, Erhard (2007) Volatiles of foraging honeybees Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera : Apidae) and their potential role as semiochemicals. APIDOLOGIE, 38 (2). pp. 164-170. ISSN 0044-8435,
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Nestmate and kin recognition play a major role in maintaining the integrity of social insect colonies. In Apis mellifera it has been suggested that recognition of nestmates is mediated by contact chemoreception. However, there is evidence that volatiles emanating from honeybee workers might transmit recognition cues. These volatiles from the cuticle might also be used as kairomones by females of the European beewolf Philanthus triangulum to identify their prey. Here we analysed which compounds occurs on the cuticle of honeybee workers. Additionally, we used a foraging arena that allows the sequestration of volatiles from undisturbed foraging honeybees with a SPME-fibre, followed by GC-MS analyses. We could detect hydrocarbons with a chain length of up to 29 C and some new compounds in the headspace of foraging honeybees. We also found (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol on the cuticle and in the headspace of honeybee workers, thus, it might be used as a kairomone by females of the European beewolf.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ALASKENSIS ROHWER HYMENOPTERA; AIR OXIDATION-PRODUCT; MITE VARROA-JACOBSONI; NESTMATE DISCRIMINATION; CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS; PHEROMONE COMPONENTS; KIN DISCRIMINATION; BEE; RECOGNITION; ONTOGENY; Apis mellifera; cuticular hydrocarbon; nestmate recognition; volatiles; Philanthus triangulum; kairomone; (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Evolutionary Ecology (Prof. Dr. Erhard Strohm) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2020 08:02 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2020 08:02 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/33050 |
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