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pheromone

[fer-uh-mohn] / ˈfɛr əˌmoʊn /


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She travels round and touches the bees with her own pheromone.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

She has a pheromone - like an energy - which keeps the bees happy.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

“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

It was therefore crucial for the research team to be able to measure the quantitative changes within the pheromone mixtures after exposure to ozone.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

They suspect the spider adds pheromones to the trap to lure and anger the green ants alone.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The beetle, Sceptobius lativentris, even smaller than the ant, turns off its own pheromones to go stealth.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

When the pioneer Spruce bark beetles find a suitable host tree they release pheromones - chemical signals to attract fellow beetles and establish a colony.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2025

The returning ants would secrete less pheromones depending on how close the food source was to the nest.

From Science Daily Nov. 16, 2024

Whether there are other sorts of social communication by pheromones among primates is not known.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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