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queen signal — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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queen signal

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 5

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Knowledge graph centered on queen signal with 59 nodes and 211 connections. Top connected: Bombus, Bombus terrestris, Bombus appositus, B. appositus, Bombus impatiens.

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 (4)

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

2022measured variable

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

2022primary focus

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

2021Journal of Chemical Ecologytested

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

2021Journal of Chemical Ecologytested

Related Concepts (10)

social caste system

framework5 shared papers

foraging ecology

framework4 shared papers

life history

framework4 shared papers

ovary development

process3 shared papers

worker emergence

process3 shared papers

population dialect

phenomenon2 shared papers

chemical communication

process2 shared papers

social phenotype

measurement2 shared papers

breeding ecology

process2 shared papers

facultative sociality

phenomenon2 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Bombus appositus

B. rufocinctus

Bombus terrestris

B. appositus

Bombus

Bombus vosnesenskii

B. vosnesenskii

Bombus impatiens

Osmiini

Megachilidae4 papers

Osmia bicornis

Megachilidae4 papers