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Cuticular Hydrocarbon Compounds in Worker Castes and Their Role in Nestmate Recognition in Apis cerana indica.

Seydur Rahman1, Sudhanya Ray Hajong2, Jérémy Gévar3, Alain Lenoir3, Eric Darrouzet3.   

Abstract

Differences in cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) among worker castes and colonies were examined in Apis cerana indica. The roles of tetracosanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, pentacosane, and (Z)-9-tricosene in nestmate recognition were studied. The CHC profiles of different castes, i.e., newly emerged bees, nurse bees, and forager bees, were found to differ among colonies. The CHC profiles of nurse bees were similar across different colonies, but forager bees in all colonies had significantly greater amounts of alkanes. In nestmate recognition experiments, guard bees reacted significantly more aggressively to foragers treated with tetracosanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, and (Z)-9-tricosene. Pentacosane provoked no such effect.

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Keywords:  Alkanes; Apis cerana indica; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fatty acids; Tasks

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Year:  2016        PMID： 27155603     DOI： 10.1007/s10886-016-0700-4

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Chem Ecol        ISSN： 0098-0331            Impact factor:   2.626


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