I read this blurb in the New Scientist about a PNAS paper (subscription required for next 6 months) on how hive beetles (Aethina tumida) are able to infest bee hives by throwing off the bees because they are producing isopentyl acetate which is thought to be produced and used by bees to signal an alarm.
Would a Beetle by another name smell as sweet?
Posted on May 13th, 2007 by Jason Stajich · No Comments
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