A Bioassay for Determining Honey Bee Responses to Flower Volatiles 1

Autor:	Richard L. Berdel, G. M. Loper, Gordon D. Waller
Rok vydání:	1973
Předmět:	Forage (honey bee) Ecology biology fungi food and beverages Honey bee biology.organism_classification Ocimene chemistry.chemical_compound Linalool chemistry Odor Insect Science Myrcene Botany behavior and behavior mechanisms Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Aroma Geraniol
Zdroj:	Environmental Entomology. 2:255-259
ISSN:	1938-2936 0046-225X
DOI:	10.1093/ee/2.2.255
Popis:	A test arena was designed for determining the responses of Apis mellifera L. to components of scent gland pheromone and flower volatiles of alfalfa, Medicago sativa L. Bees that had been conditioned to associate the odor of citral, geraniol, ocimene, myrcene, limonene, or linalool with availability of sucrose solution consistently selected the conditioning chemical. Also, bees conditioned to forage with the odor of ocimene responded to alfalfa flower aroma, the percentage of positive responses changing during the day as the amount of volatiles produced increased and decreased. Both Italian and Caucasian races of honey bees, when conditioned with ocimene, responded to volatiles of alfalfa flowers.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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