This invention relates to a 10-component stabilized synthetic honey bee brood pheromone and methods of stabilizing said pheromone by adding one or more antioxidants, thereby enabling the production and sustained use of commercial products based on that pheromone. The 11-component stabilized pheromone composition formed by adding the antioxidant tertiary-butyl hydroquinone to a synthetic blend of ethyl linoleate, ethyl linolenate, ethyl oleate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl stearate, methyl linoleate, methyl linolenate, methyl oleate, methyl palmitate and methyl stearate can be used in generic or race-specific ratios to manipulate the behavior and improve the performance of worker honey bees, resulting in overall increased vigor of the hive.

Pankiw; Tanya

Metz; Bradley N.

Avelino; Norman

Lafontaine; Jean Pierre

OMS Investments, Inc.

The Texas A&amp;M University System

Stabilized synthetic brood pheromone and race-specific ratios of components for manipulating the behavior and physiology of honey bees

This invention relates to a stabilized honey bee pheromone and methods of stabilizing the honey bee brood pheromone, thereby enabling the production and sustained use of commercial products based on that pheromone. The stabilized pheromone can be used to manipulate the behavior and improve the performance of worker honey bees, resulting in overall increased vigor of the hive. The pheromone composition comprises two or more of ethyl linoleate, ethyl linolenate, ethyl oleate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl stearate, methyl linoleate, methyl linolenate, methyl oleate, methyl palmitate and methyl stearate and an antioxidant.

Contech Enterprises Inc.

Stabilized brood pheromone for manipulating the behavior and physiology of honey bees

ethyl linolenate

urticaria

ethyl linolenate/urticaria

Stabilized synthetic brood pheromone and race-specific ratios of components for manipulating the behavior and physiology of honey bees

Stabilized brood pheromone for manipulating the behavior and physiology of honey bees

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