Pollen lipids attractive to honeybees.
Two substances attractive to honeybees have been isolated from mixed pollens. One is a pigment which was identified as a lutein ester, the other is a free fatty acid which chromatographed was identified as a C(18) straight-chain dienoic or trienoic acid.
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Food Research Institute and Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
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