Glands Flashcards
(44 cards)
What caste has a hypopharyngeal gland
Worker
What does the hypopharyngeal gland secrete?
Clear protein from brood food
Royal jelly
Invertase
Glucose oxidase
What gland helps foragers break down sucrose and glucose?
Hypopharyngeal gland
What does the thoracic salivary gland secrete?
Mainly water, slightly alkaline
Does the the post cerebral salivary gland have a reservoir?
No
What is the function of the nasonov gland?
Orientation
What does the nasonov gland secrete?
Geraniol
Geranic acid
e citral
Z citral
Nerolic acid
Nerol
E E farnesol
Wax glands produce what?
Wax 16% hydrocarbons
31% straight chain monohydrate alcohols
What does the dufour gland secrete?
? White alkeline
What’s the function of the dufour sting alkaline?
Lubrication of sting mechanism
Nutralises acid
Give a protective coating for eggs
Egg adhesive for cell
What does sting venom excrete?
Phospholipase A
Hyaluronidase
Acid phosphotase
Mellitus 50%
Allergen c
Mast cell degenerating peptides
What does sting scent contain?
Elcosen 1
Isopentyl acetate
What is the function of the sting pheromones?
Alarm pheromone z
Stabalises isopentyl acetate with 2 heptanone stinging response
What is another name for the tergite gland?
Renner Baumann
What is the other name for the arnhart gland?
Tarsal
What is the function of the arnhart gland?
Constituent and inhibition of queen substance
What gland influences orientation?
Arnhart, tarsal
What gland produces pheromones used in colony defence?
Mandibular
What does the mandibular gland produce?
Queen substance
White
10 hydroxide 2 enoic acid 10 HDA
What does the mandibular gland produce in young bees?
Fatty acid in brood food
Royal jelly
What does the mandibular gland do?
Inhibits queen rearing
Inhibits worker ovaries
Attracts drones
Attracts workers to swarms
Stimulates foraging and nasonov
Queen recognition
Marking if drone congregation areas
What can cause bees to revert to brood food production?
Gorging on pollen
What does ecdysone regulate?
Moulting
Exocrine glands
Outside
