The Attractiveness of Geraniol to Foraging Honeybees
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Apicultural Research
- Vol. 1 (1), 52-54
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1962.11100049
Abstract
SUMMARY Experiments are described which show that geraniol, the principal volatile component of honeybee scent-gland secretion, is attractive to foragers, but that it is not nearly as attractive as scent-gland odour itself. Foragers could distinguish geraniol from scent-gland odour, and it is concluded that the attractiveness of the latter must depend partly on other components than geraniol.Keywords
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