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pheromone

[fer-uh-mohn] / ˈfɛr əˌmoʊn /


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She has a pheromone - like an energy - which keeps the bees happy.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

She travels round and touches the bees with her own pheromone.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

“You’re literally managing a pest by preventing it from being born in the first place,” said Haviland of both sterile insect technique and pheromone mating disruption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024

Some, such as pheromone composition, directly influence the insect’s preference for partners, ensuring H. elevatus mates mostly with members of its own species and only occasionally with its parent species.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 2024

The team's first step was to identify the gene in large black chafers for the receptor that reacts to the female pheromone, which has the seductive name L-isoleucine methyl ester, or LIME.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

According to Cranston, the stunt team was able to cover the actor in bees by using pheromones from the queen bee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

When the pioneer Spruce bark beetles find a suitable host tree they release pheromones - chemical signals to attract fellow beetles and establish a colony.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

The probability of their models was based on the dynamics of these pheromones.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024

More pheromones created a stronger scent for the ants to follow, a critical factor when the food source is located far from the nest.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024

I babble for a few minutes about my colors, wishing I could tell them about seeing the pheromones.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass


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