Cuticular lipids correlate with age and insemination status in queen honeybees

• DOI: 10.1007/s00040-014-0358-2
• Publication Date: 2014-07-29T04:57:35Z
• Authors: M. Babis; L. Holman; R. Fenske; M. L. Thomas; B. Baer
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; 4. Education; Fertility signal; 590; Queen pheromone; Artificial insemination; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Chemical communication

We were supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through a Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship and a Future Fellowship to BB, an ARC Linkage Project to BB and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.