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queen signal — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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queen signal

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 69 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on queen signal with 69 nodes and 147 connections. Top connected: Gothic, Beetles, Bombus, Hymenoptera, solitary bees.

Definition

Chemical compounds overproduced by queens compared to workers that potentially regulate worker reproduction

Related Terms (4)

queen signalsqueen chemical signalsqueen pheromonequeen chemical signal

Publications (2)

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical Ecology

Related Concepts (10)

caste system

phenomenon2 shared papers

worker emergence

phenomenon2 shared papers

ovary activation

process2 shared papers

Adaptive potential

phenomenon1 shared paper

age and growth analysis

process1 shared paper

clan social structure

phenomenon1 shared paper

Microevolutionary adaptation

process1 shared paper

social aggression

phenomenon1 shared paper

facultative sociality

phenomenon1 shared paper

fertility control

resource1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Bombus impatiens

Polistes

Vespidae3 papers

Bombus

solitary bees

Apis mellifera

Bombus terrestris

Polistes satan

Vespidae2 papers

Hymenoptera

Halictidae

Halictidae2 papers

Bombus vosnesenskii