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SUBMITTER: Wen P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5532208 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wen Ping P Cheng Yanan Y Qu Yufeng Y Zhang Hongxia H Li Jianjun J Bell Heather H Tan Ken K Nieh James J
Scientific reports 20170727 1
While foraging, animals can form inter- and intraspecific social signalling networks to avoid similar predators. We report here that foragers of different native Asian honey bee species can detect and use a specialized alarm pheromone component, benzyl acetate (BA), to avoid danger. We analysed the volatile alarm pheromone produced by attacked workers of the most abundant native Asian honey bee, Apis cerana and tested the responses of other bee species to these alarm signals. As compared to nest ...[more]