The workers limit the number of reproductives in the colony by policing new workers that try to lay eggs when an active queen or established gamergates are present. Workers use alarm pheromones that include 4-methyl-3-heptanone, 4-methyl-3-heptanol, and isopentyl isopentanoate.
To control the number of reproductive individuals in the colony, workers monitor new workers who try to lay eggs when an active queen or established gamergates are present. Workers use alarm chemicals that include 4-methyl-3-heptanone, 4-methyl-3-heptanol, and isopentyl isobutyrate.