WORKER honey-bees produce alarm pheromones in their sting apparatus and in their mandibular glands 1. One of the components of the sting pheromone 2 has been identified as isoamyl acetate which ...

IT was shown recently that washed, non-germinating spores of Penicillium roqueforti are capable of producing 2-heptanone from caprylic acid1. In examining the mechanism of this reaction2, other fungal ...

Varroa mites are endemic in honey bee hives and can sap a colony's strength Honey-bees are known for their sting, but scientists have now discovered they can also bite. Bees resort to biting when ...