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Repelling foraging honeybees with alarm pheromones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. B. Free ,
J. A. Pickett ,
A. W. Ferguson ,
Jacqueline R. Simpkins  and
M. C. Smith
J. B. Free
Affiliation:
Rolhamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
J. A. Pickett
Affiliation:
Rolhamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
A. W. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Rolhamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
Jacqueline R. Simpkins
Affiliation:
Rolhamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
M. C. Smith
Affiliation:
Rolhamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
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Summary

The honeybee alarm pheromones 2·heptanone and isopentyl acetate were repellent to honeybee foragers when applied to plots of oil-seed rape and field beans and to sunflower heads. Their possible use to repel bees from crops before insecticide application is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 105 , Issue 2 , October 1985 , pp. 255 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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