Social insect are profoundly influenced by primer pheromones (PPhs), which are efficient
means for maintaining social harmony in the colony. PPhs act by affecting the physiology of …

Pheromones are chemical substances secreted by an animal's exocrine glands that elicit a
behavioral or physiological response by another animal of the same species. In honey bees …

While chemical communication regulates individual behavior in a wide variety of species,
these communication systems are most elaborated in insect societies. In these complex …

An important area of physiology of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) is chemical communication
between individuals and castes in the swarm, which maintains its integrity and function. The …

The evolution of advanced sociality in bees is associated with apparent modifications in
juvenile hormone (JH) signaling. By contrast to most insects in which JH is a gonadotropin …

Intraspecific communication involves the activation of chemoreceptors and subsequent
activation of different central areas that coordinate the responses of the entire organism …

Structurally diverse queen pheromones and fertility signals regulate the reproductive
division of labor of social insects, such as ants, termites, some bees, and some wasps. The …

Social Hymenoptera exhibit a broad variety of colony patterns, ranging from small societies
with nestmates having equivalent reproductive potentials (eg, queenless ants, Polistes …

The regulation of reproductive division of labour is a key component in the evolution of
social insects. Chemical signals are important mechanisms to regulate worker reproduction …

Reproductive competition in social insects is generally mediated through specific fertility
pheromones. By analysing Dufour's gland secretion in queens and workers of Bombus …