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SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468870 | biostudies-other | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Li Yuan Y Jiang Xingchuan X Wang Zhengwei Z Zhang Junjun J Klett Katrina K Mehmood Shahid S Qu Yufeng Y Tan Ken K
Insects 20190323 3
The greater wax moth, <i>Galleria mellonella</i> L., is one of main pests of honeybees. The larvae burrow into the wax, damaging the bee comb and degenerating bee products, but also causes severe effects like driving the whole colony to abscond. In the present study, we used electroantennograms, a Y maze, and an oviposition site choice bioassay to test whether the greater wax moth can eavesdrop on bee alarm pheromones (isopentyl acetate, benzyl acetate, octyl acetate, and 2-heptanone), to target ...[more]