title: Bee pheromones: signal or agent of manipulation?
abstract: Recent studies have provided a new perspective on the relationship between the honey bee queen and her colony. They suggest that the queen produces a pheromone which pharmacologically manipulates her workers.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Biology Division, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. jeri.wright@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Geraldine A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010675:Pheromones / Q000378:metabolism*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; C050963:(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)acetaldehyde; D004298:Dopamine