Labial gland chemistry of three species
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Gunnar BergstrΓΆm; Peter Bergman; Monica Appelgren; Justin O. Schmidt
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The volatile secretion emanating from the cephalic part of the paired labial gland in male bumblebees of three North American species, viz. Bombus sonorus Say, Bombus huntii Greene and Psithyrus insularis (F. Smith) has been analysed by GC-MS and GC-FTIR. The secretion, which is deposited as a marki