pheromone
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She has a pheromone - like an energy - which keeps the bees happy.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
This reduces her ability to lay eggs and also lowers her production of methyl oleate, a pheromone that normally signals to workers that she is healthy.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
“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
There are specific genes that cause female worker bees to be more receptive to this pheromone, and consequently to engage in retinue behavior.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023
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