Science. 1989 Aug 11;245(4918):638-9. doi: 10.1126/science.245.4918.638.
An important parasitic threat to honey bees, the mite Varroa jacobsoni, is attracted to its major prey, drone larvae, by methyl and ethyl esters of straight-chain fatty acids, in particular methyl palmitate. These esters were extracted from drone larvae with n-hexane and were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Their behavioral effect was evaluated with the use of a four-arm airflow olfactometer.
一种对蜜蜂有重要威胁的寄生虫——瓦螨，被直链脂肪酸的甲酯和乙酯，特别是棕榈酸甲酯，吸引到它们的主要猎物——雄蜂幼虫身上。这些酯类是用正己烷从雄蜂幼虫中提取出来的，并通过气相色谱-质谱法进行了鉴定。它们的行为效应是用四臂气流嗅觉计进行评估的。
