Chemical substances are transferred between bumblebees of the species Bombus terrestris during their mating behavior. These substances are present mainly on the cuticle. The aim of this thesis was to identify and quantitatify differences in the amount of the compounds among defined groups of bumblebees - mated, non-mated and attempting to mate. Cuticular extracts were obtained by washing of the whole bumblebees bodies in hexane. These extracts were analyzed by using a two-dimensional gas chromatography with the time of fly mass spectrometr (GCxGC-TOF/MS). Cuticular hydrocarbons were identified and semi-quantified. Double bounds locations were determined in heptacosene and nonacosene. Five compounds were differed in the examined groups - β-springene, α-springene, dihydrofarnesyl-oleate, palmityl-palmitate and palmityl- palmitoleate. By comparing of the amount of these compounds differences between defined groups of bumblebees were determined. Analysis of the cutilar extracts showed that mated and non-mated bumblebees can be distinguished. Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences in the amounts of identified compounds in all defined groups of bumblebees. Key words: two-dimensional gas chromatography, Bombus terrestris, cutilar extract
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:322952 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Tomešová, Lenka |
| Contributors | Valterová, Irena, Vrkoslav, Vladimír |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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