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Workers bee are fed with royal jelly for only three days after egg-laying whereas the queen bee eats royal jelly during her whole life. She controls the activity of each bees by chemical communication.

Actually, the queen bee is the only one able to produce 9-ODA - the main component of its pheromone which induces sexual or endocrine responses. This substance is sent to the workers bees which detect it through pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs). It is then transformed in 9-HDA and added in the royal jelly. This last substance is eaten by the queen. In turn, queen bee transforms 9-HDA into 9-ODA.

Thus, ASP1 is primordial to the internal pheromon’s transport cycle in the hive. By binding the component of queen bee pheromon, bees ~~blend~~ essential behaviour ~~for~~ the ~~swarm~~. Indeed, 9-ODA is responsible, among others, of preventing workers bees’ ovarian developpment.

Thus, ASP1 is primordial to the internal pheromon’s transport cycle in the hive. By binding the component of queen bee pheromon, bees express and transmit essential behaviour within the hive. Indeed, 9-ODA is responsible, among others, of preventing workers bees’ ovarian developpment.

~~In order to determine this proteine’s structure, a serendipitous ligand has been used at pH 5.5. This low pH fit with the natural medium of this protein in the bee antenna~~.

===Location in the antenna and transport of pheromones===

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 Workers bee are fed with royal jelly for only three days after egg-laying whereas the queen bee eats royal jelly during her whole life. She controls the activity of each bees by chemical communication.
 Actually, the queen bee is the only one able to produce 9-ODA - the main component of its pheromone which induces sexual or endocrine responses. This substance is sent to the workers bees which detect it through pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs). It is then transformed in 9-HDA and added in the royal jelly. This last substance is eaten by the queen. In turn, queen bee transforms 9-HDA into 9-ODA.
-Thus, ASP1 is primordial to the internal pheromon’s transport cycle in the hive. By binding the component of queen bee pheromon, bees blend essential behaviour for the swarm. Indeed, 9-ODA is responsible, among others, of preventing workers bees’ ovarian developpment.
+Thus, ASP1 is primordial to the internal pheromon’s transport cycle in the hive. By binding the component of queen bee pheromon, bees express and transmit essential behaviour within the hive. Indeed, 9-ODA is responsible, among others, of preventing workers bees’ ovarian developpment.
-In order to determine this proteine’s structure, a serendipitous ligand has been used at pH 5.5. This low pH fit with the natural medium of this protein in the bee antenna.
 ===Location in the antenna and transport of pheromones===