Author： MORSE ROGER A.
Publisher： Entomological Society of America
ISSN： 1938-2901
Source： Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.65, Iss.6, 1972-11, pp. : 1430-1430
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Abstract
When a dequeened swarm is offered a choice of its own and a foreign queen, workers finding their own queen release Nassanoff scent and fan with their wings while those finding the foreign queen attack her and release alarm odor. Nassanoff scent attracts bees; alarm odor stops and/or prevents scenting. In this way a swarm of bees identifies and joins their own queen or rejects a foreign queen or one from another swarm.
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