Agosta, William C.
William C. Agosta is a professor and Head of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry at The Rockefeller University.

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About 95 percent of the recognized living animal species are invertebrates, and they occupy every conceivable environment and ecological niche that supports life. Chemical Communication, 1992.

 

Most of what we know about pheromones comes from studies of chemical communication in insects. Ibid.

 

The admired industry of the common honey bee is under the strict control of chemical signals. Pheromones govern food gathering, brood rearing, colony growth and defense, and reproduction. Ibid