Interesting (and humbling) research evaluating the varying chemical profiles
of brood during development.

 

Like most things in bee research, this study reminded me that it appears the
more we find the more questions emerge- this blurb was particularly sobering
to me (edited down for succinctness):

'In this study, we found 32 compounds characterising the brood belonging to
six chemical families. . only five compounds have been described as
pheromonal compounds in bees. Within the remaining 27 compounds, 13 have
already been described in brood, either as being emitted by the brood . or
by dead brood extracts. The 14 other compounds found to characterize the
brood. have already been described as being present in the VOC of hive
products . or floral extracts, but we described them in honey bee brood for
the first time.'

 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36809298/


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