English Explanatory Dictionary

queen mandibular pheromone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A honey bee pheromone produced by the queen and fed to her attendants, who share it with the rest of the colony to give the colony the sense of belonging to the queen.

Word forms

queen mandibular pheromone

Synonyms

QMP queen substance
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