Antiqueen

"Antiqueen" in a Sentence (2 examples)

If the queen dies there is no longer any "antiqueen" pheromone released and one or more of the nymphs develop into queens.

The composition of a bee society is controlled by an antiqueen pheromone secreted by the queen. It inhibits the workers from raising a new queen...

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