Effect of a brood pheromone on honeybee hypopharyngeal glands.

Authors :: Mohammedi A
Crauser D
Paris A
Le Conte Y
Source :: Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie [C R Acad Sci III] 1996 Sep; Vol. 319 (9), pp. 769-72.
Publication Year :: 1996
Abstract: In a honeybee colony, brood stimulates development of hypopharyngeal glands of nurse bees. A chemical signal, a blend of 10 fatty acid esters, has been identified on larval cuticle. We demonstrate that the blend of 10 esters, ethyl oleate, and methyl palmitate stimulates the protein synthesis of hypopharyngeal glands of nurses. Thus, in Apis mellifera the chemical signal from the brood acts as a primer pheromone in addition to its previously shown role as a releaser pheromone.

Subjects :: Animals
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Oleic Acids pharmacology
Palmitates administration & dosage
Palmitates pharmacology
Pheromones administration & dosage
Protein Biosynthesis
Bees metabolism
Hypopharynx drug effects
Hypopharynx metabolism
Pheromones pharmacology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0764-4469
Volume :: 319
Issue :: 9
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 8952879

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