The recent advances in honeybee queen pheromone.
Author of the article:HU Fu-Liang1,XUAN Hong-Zhuan2
Author's Workplace:1.(College of Animal Sciences,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029,China);2.(Department of Liucheng University, Liucheng 252059, China)
Key Words:honeybee; queen pheromone; queen's mandibular gland pheromone(QMP); brood pheromone; pollination
Abstract:The chemical composition,characteristic,function of queen pheromone as well as relationship between queen pheromone and brood pheromone are reviewed. The queen's mandibular gland pheromone(QMP) blend contains five components in Apis mellifera, I.e.