Attraction of the parasitic mite Varroa to the drone larvae of honey bees by simple aliphatic esters

An important parasitic threat to honey bees, the mite Varroa jacobsoni, is attracted to its major prey, drone larvae, by methyl and ethyl esters of straight-chain fatty acids, in particular methyl palmitate. These esters were extracted from drone larvae with n-hexane and were identified by gas chrom...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 245; no. 4918; pp. 638 - 639
Main Authors Le Conte, Y. (INRA-CNRS, Bures-sur-Yvette, France), Arnold, G, Trouiller, J, Masson, C, Chappe, B, Ourisson, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC The American Association for the Advancement of Science 11.08.1989
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Subjects
Acari
ACIDE GRAS
ACIDOS GRASOS
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Apidae
APIS MELLIFERA
Autoecology
Bees
Biological and medical sciences
Cellular Biology
COMPORTAMIENTO
COMPORTEMENT
COMPOSE VOLATIL
COMPUESTO VOLATIL
COUVAIN
Drone honey bees
Drone insects
ESTER
ESTERES
Esters
FAUX BOURDON
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hexanes
Honey bees
Hymenoptera
INCUBACION DE ABEJAS
Insect behavior
Insect larvae
LARVAS
LARVE
Life Sciences
Mites
ODEUR
OLOR
Palmitates
Parasites
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Varroa
VARROA JACOBSONI
Varroidae
Worker insects
ZANGANOS
Host parasite relation
Apis mellifica
Insecta
Apidae
Identification
Drone
Allelochemicals
Ester
Acari
Apoidea
Gamasida
Aculeata
Parasitiformes
Varroa jacobsoni
Aliphatic compound
Varroidae
Parasite
Social insect
Kairomone
Gas chromatography
Arachnida
Larva
Arthropoda
Hymenoptera
Invertebrata
RELATION HOTE PARASITE
INSECTE
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Summary:An important parasitic threat to honey bees, the mite Varroa jacobsoni, is attracted to its major prey, drone larvae, by methyl and ethyl esters of straight-chain fatty acids, in particular methyl palmitate. These esters were extracted from drone larvae with n-hexane and were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Their behavioral effect was evaluated with the use of a four-arm airflow olfactometer
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.245.4918.638