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Identification of Geraniol as the Active Component in the Nassanoff Pheromone of the Honey Bee

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HONEY bees (Apis mellifera L.) attract each other by a variety of biological stimuli. The olfactory stimulus produced by the worker bees has received attention during a number of investigations ever since Sladen1 suggested that the attractant odour originated from a special organ discovered by Nassanoff in 1883. This scent organ is located on the anterior part of the seventh abdominal tergum of the worker bee.

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  2. Analytical Chemistry Research Service, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada

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BOCH, R., SHEARER, D. Identification of Geraniol as the Active Component in the Nassanoff Pheromone of the Honey Bee. Nature 194, 704–706 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194704b0

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