antiqueen
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antiqueen (not comparable)
- Inhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.
- 1977, Claude Alvin Villée, Biology:
- If the queen dies there is no longer any "antiqueen" pheromone released and one or more of the nymphs develop into queens.
- 1996, Eldra Pearl Solomon, Biology:
- The composition of a bee society is controlled by an antiqueen pheromone secreted by the queen. It inhibits the workers from raising a new queen...