ArticleScientific reports2017
Virgin queen attraction toward males in honey bees.
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- Conservation of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Intraspecific Diversity Through Reproductive Science and Technology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Evolution of queen pheromone receptor tuning in four honeybee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apis).iScience · 2024Article
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- Odorant Receptors Expressing and Antennal Lobes Architecture Are Linked to Caste Dimorphism in Asian Honeybee,International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Morphometric and genetic characterization as tools for selection ofFrontiers in insect science · 2022Article
- Organ-specific transcriptome analysis reveals differential gene expression in different castes under natural conditions in Apis cerana.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The neuroethology of olfactory sex communication in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.Cell and tissue research · 2021Review
- Olfactory coding in honeybees.Cell and tissue research · 2021Review
- Evaluating the Role of Drone-Produced Chemical Signals in Mediating Social Interactions in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera).Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
- Age-specific olfactory attraction between Western honey bee drones (Apis mellifera) and its chemical basis.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
Although the honeybee is a crucial agricultural agent and a prominent scientific model organism, crucial aspects of its reproductive behaviour are still unknown. During the mating season, honeybee males, the drones, gather in congregations 10-40 m above ground. Converging evidence suggests that drones emit a pheromone that can attract other drones, thereby increasing the size of the congregation. Virgin queens join the vicinity of the congregation after it has formed, and mate with as many as 20 males in mid-air. It is still unclear which sensory cues help virgin queens find drone congregations in the first place. Beside visual cues for long-range orientation, queens may use olfactory cues. We thus tested virgin queens' olfactory orientation on a walking simulator in which they have full control over odour stimulation. We show that sexually-mature virgin queens are attracted to the odour bouquet from a group of living drones. They are not attracted to the bouquet from a group of workers. In addition, non-sexually receptive females (workers) of the same age are not attracted to the drone odour bouquet. Interpreted in the context of mating, these results may suggest that virgin queens use volatile olfactory cues from the drones to find the congregations.
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