METHYL PALMITATE DOES NOT ELICIT INVASION OF HONEYBEE BROOD CELLS BY VARROA MITES

被引：20

作者：

BOOT, WJ

机构：

[1] Department of Pure and Applied Ecology, section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1098 SM

[2] Department of Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, 6700 EH

来源：

EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY | 1994年 / 18卷 / 10期

关键词：

METHYL PALMITATE; VARROA JACOBSONI; INVASION BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00051721

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Since Varroa mites decide at some distance from the larva whether to stay on a bee or invade a cell, they may well use a volatile chemical to select a brood cell. A few aliphatic esters, predominantly methyl palmitate, have been claimed to be this volatile signal for the mites for two reasons. The mites respond to the esters in an olfactometer (Le Conte et al., 1989), and the levels of the esters in worker and drone larvae may explain that drone cells are attractive during a longer period and are invaded more frequently than worker cells (TrouiIler et al., 1992). However, invasion itself appeared to be unaffected by application of methyl palmitate to brood cells. In addition, analysis of the volatiles emanating from attractive brood cells showed hundreds of components in the volatile blend, but in only 2 of 17 analyses a trace of methyl palmitate was found. Hence, there is no reason to believe that methyl palmitate is used as a signal for invasion by the mites.

引用

页码：587 / 592

页数：6

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