pheromone

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“You’re literally managing a pest by preventing it from being born in the first place,” said Haviland of both sterile insect technique and pheromone mating disruption.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

Some, such as pheromone composition, directly influence the insect’s preference for partners, ensuring H. elevatus mates mostly with members of its own species and only occasionally with its parent species.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 17, 2024

There are specific genes that cause female worker bees to be more receptive to this pheromone, and consequently to engage in retinue behavior.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

After the worker bees are exposed to the queen bee's pheromone, they deactivate their own ovaries, help spread the pheromone to the other worker bees, and tend to the queen and the eggs she produces.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

They also aggregate and produce a pheromone so they can find each other.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2023