Question

Social insects such as Honey bees, termites etc, live in colonies due to the secretion of certain chemical substances , that act as chemical

messengers.

A) What is the general name of these chemical substances ?

B) Give examples of two such chemical substances and the organisms that produces them.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Alarm Communication

Honey bees have two different alarm pheromones, one from each end of the body. The mandibular glands of workers produce 2-heptanone and one of the glands of the sting produces isopentyl acetate. The sting pheromone is better known and is the major alarm chemical.