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===Social relevance=== | ===Social relevance=== | ||
The diets of workers bees and queen bee are strongly different and determinate diverse behaviors. | The diets of workers bees and queen bee are strongly different and determinate diverse behaviors. | ||
Workers | Workers bees 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. | 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 pheromone’s transport cycle in the hive. By binding the component of queen bee pheromone, bees express and transmit essential behaviour within the hive. Indeed, 9-ODA is responsible, among others, of preventing workers bees’ ovarian development. | Thus, ASP1 is primordial to the internal pheromone’s transport cycle in the hive. By binding the component of queen bee pheromone, bees express and transmit essential behaviour within the hive. Indeed, 9-ODA is responsible, among others, of preventing workers bees’ ovarian development. | ||
