Publishers: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Nitra, Slovakia | Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus, Keszthely, Hungary | Agricultural University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland | University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj - Napoca, Romania | University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Agronomy Čačak, Čačak, Serbia | Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
HONEY BEE COLONY PHEROMONES
2000, 1 (1) p. 1-8
M Dražić, N Kezić
Abstract
ABSTRACT Pheromones are chemicals produced as liquids by specialised cells or glands and transmitted into the environment as liquids or gases. In contrary to hormones, which are excreted in organism and have effect exclusively on organism that produced them, pheromones are excreted outside organism and effect on different individuals of the same species. Pheromones mediate nearly all aspects of honeybee colony life including social defence, brood care, mating, orientation, foraging and reproduction. Pheromone investigation has high economic importance. With use of pheromones it is possible to manipulate with pest insects on crops or to direct honeybees during pollination on target plants.
Keywords
pheromones, honey bee colony, comunication
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