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  • Title: Analysis of queen recognition by honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.) in a metabolic bio-assay.
    Author: Moritz RF, Southwick EE.
    Journal: Exp Biol; 1986; 46(1):45-9. PubMed ID: 3817112.
    Abstract:
    Queenless groups of honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.) respond with typical increases in their metabolic activity when exposed to queens. Volatile queen odors release 46.8% of the reaction in worker groups compared to combinations of volatile odors and non-volatile factors. Worker groups which were allowed to learn the odor of a given queen were able to discriminate between volatile odors of related and unrelated queens. Although non-volatile queen compounds seem to be of minor importance for kin recognition they override effects releasable by volatile odors.
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