title: Oxygenated compounds in beeswax: identification and possible significance.
abstract: 1. Beeswax synthesized by non-foraging honeybee workers contains six oxygenated volatiles in addition to a series of normal alkanes. 2. Decanal constitutes nearly 50% of the oxygenated volatiles and is accompanied by octanal, nonanal, furfural, benzaldehyde and 1-decanol. 3. The possible significance of the aldehydes as stimulators of hoarding behaviour and attractants for wax moths is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Rinderer
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sylvester
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D014885:Waxes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D014885:Waxes; C038228:beeswax; C021170:decanaldehyde