@article{63a29c5ec56e4a3eb4333a6ef116e465,
title = "Task-related chemical analysis of labial gland volatile secretion in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica)",
abstract = "Chemical analyses revealed that the labial gland complex of worker honeybees possesses a series of hydrocarbons dominated by odd-numbered carbon chain alkanes along with minor amounts of alkenes and branched alkanes. Foragers contained significantly more secretion than nurse bees. Experiments with bees from colonies induced to have a division of labor independent of age revealed that the differences in the amount of secretion were task, but not age dependent.",
keywords = "Exocrine glands, Forager bees, Honeybees, Hydrocarbons, Labial glands, Secretion, Task specificity",
author = "Tamar Katzav-Gozansky and Victoria Soroker and Armin Ionescu and Robinson, {Gene E.} and Abraham Hefetz",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments—We thank the Tzrifin apiary for assistance in establishing experimental hives, Dr. T. Simon for her advice, Roy Fayman for his technical assistance, Nomi Paz for editorial help, and A. J. Ross for expert technical assistance in Illinois. This research was supported in part by The Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel academy of Science and Humanities to Abraham Hefetz and in part by NIH grant DC03008 to Gene E. Robinson. This research was partly a contribution by the Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Israel (506/0A).",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1023/A:1010330902388",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "919--926",
journal = "Journal of Chemical Ecology",
issn = "0098-0331",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "5",
}