Repelling foraging honeybees with alarm pheromones

Free, J., Pickett, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770, Ferguson, A., Simpkins, J. and Smith, M. 1985. Repelling foraging honeybees with alarm pheromones. Journal of Agricultural Science 105 (2) , pp. 255-260. 10.1017/S0021859600056318

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Abstract

The honeybee alarm pheromones 2·heptanone and isopentyl acetate were repellent to honeybee foragers when applied to plots of oil-seed rape and field beans and to sunflower heads. Their possible use to repel bees from crops before insecticide application is discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE)
ISSN:	1916-9752
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2026 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184461

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