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Re: Alarm Pheromone / Aggressive Ferals
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 May 2008 21:15:01 +0100
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Chris wrote:

> Geraniums.

That is nasonov pheromone - geraniol, e-citral, nerolic and geranic acids.

Alarm pheromone is iso-pentyl acetate - smells like pear-drops (whatever 
happened to them?).  Plenty of it around yesterday when we went out trying 
to sort out the bees!

Peter 

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