queen bee substance

queen bee substance
queen bee substance or queen substance noun
A pheromone secreted by a queen bee which attracts drones and keeps workers infertile
• • •
Main Entry:queen

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • queen substance — noun : a pheromone secreted by a queen bee and consumed by worker bees in which it inhibits ovary development ; also : the same or a similar substance secreted by termites * * * a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Honey bee — For other uses, see Honey bee (disambiguation). This article refers collectively to all true honey bees; for the common domesticated honey bee, see European honey bee. Honeybees Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

  • European honey bee — Taxobox name = Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) image caption = Honey bee approaching a Milk Thistle flowerhead regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Apoidea familia =… …   Wikipedia

  • Honey bee pheromones — are mixtures of chemical substances released by individual bees into the hive or environment that cause changes in the physiology and behaviour of other bees. IntroductionHoneybees have one of the most complex pheromonal communication systems… …   Wikipedia

  • Worker bee — A Worker bee is any female eusocial bee that lacks the full reproductive capacity of the colony s queen bee; under most circumstances, this is correlated to an increase in certain non reproductive activities relative to a queen, as well. Worker… …   Wikipedia

  • Insect Queen (DC Comics) — Insect Queen is the name of several fictional characters, created by the DC Comics company. Lana LangSuperherobox caption = Lana Lang uses her Insect Queen powers to mimic a locust. character name = Insect Queen publisher = DC Comics debut =… …   Wikipedia

  • hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction   any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… …   Universalium

  • Characters in the Deltora Quest series — The Deltora series features a wide line of characters, both important and minor. The series also features many different monsters and creatures that appeared in all of the many different books. This article is a list of the many different… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Deltora Quest characters — The Deltora series features a wide line of characters, both important and minor. The series also features many different monsters and creatures that appeared in all of the many different books. This article is a list of the many different… …   Wikipedia

  • Colony collapse disorder — Honey bees entering a beehive Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”