A swarm of honey bees, Apis mellijera L., will fly to a new homesite only if accompanied by a queen whose presence the swarm perceives through her release of 9-oxo-trans-2-decenoic acid. The airborne swarm, together with its queen, is led by worker bees releasing Nassanoff pheromone.
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Avitabile et al. (1975) studied this question.