The distinction between pheromones and odorants—chemicals that are consciously detected as odors—can be blurry, and some researchers classify pheromones as a type of odorant.
信息素和odorants （被检测为气味的化学物质）之间的区别可能是模糊的，一些研究人员将信息素归类为一种 odorant。
But the role of pheromones in the human realm remains controversial.
不过信息素在人体的作用还存在争议。
That's the promise of LuvEssentials, a company that sells pheromones.
这是LuvEssentials(销售信息素的公司)的承诺。
Ants solve their own version using chemical signals called pheromones.
蚂蚁用一种叫做信息素的化学物质来解决它们自己的“旅行商问题”。
Termites ensure a similarly successful outcome using chemical signals called pheromones.
白蚁之间通过一种名为“信息素”的化学信号来保证巢穴的顺利完工。
Most of the honeybee pheromones were artificially synthesized or prepared.
多数蜜蜂信息素已人工合成或制备。
This paper reviews recent progress in the research of insect host marking pheromones.
综述了昆虫寄主标记信息素的研究进展。
Sometime the pheromones are so powerful that it actually pulls you towards them like a magnetic force.
有时候外激素非常强大，会像磁力一样把你拉过去。
These results indicate that different brood pheromones of honeybee have different biological effects.
这说明不同蜜蜂幼虫信息素具有不同的生物学效应。
Each virtual ant in the colony would set out rambling from city to city leaving a trail of pheromones.
蚁群中的每个虚拟蚂蚁会动身从一座城市漫游到另一座城市，沿途留下一连串的信息素。
The pheromones evaporate quickly, however, so once all the food has been collected, the trail soon goes cold.
然而信息素挥发地很快，所以一旦食物搬运完毕，这条信息素路径就不复存在了。
The aggregation pheromones can not only lead to aggregation, but also modify the density of aggregation.
聚集信息素不仅具有引诱聚集的作用，其种类和数量还具有调节其聚集密度的效应。
A male black widow spider can smell pheromones produced by a female that tell him if she has recently eaten.
雄性黑寡妇蜘蛛也能闻出雌性蜘蛛排放的信息素，并从中得知她最近是否吃饱。
It's also hard to know what these pheromones might be and how we sense them, so researchers understand little about them.
另一个问题同样很困难：我们不知道这种信息素可能是什么，也不知道如何去感知它，因而研究者们对它知之甚少。
It's all down to pheromones the chemical signals that allow members of the same species of plant or animal to communicate.
这都是源于信息素，这种化学信号能够帮助同一物种的植物或动物成员进行信息沟通。
Its ability to distinguish more than 170 odours in the wild is vital for smelling nectar, pollen, water, tree resin and pheromones.
它能在野外辨别170多种气味。这种能力对闻花蜜、花粉、水、树脂和信息素的至关重要。
Host marking pheromones may also play a role in mediating the competition for host resources Shared by closely-related species.
昆虫寄主标记信息素也调节昆虫近缘种之间对共同寄主资源的竞争。
There are two ways of doing this that are currently being studied, (to find out more click on the links) : pheromones and appearance.
判断可以通过两种途径：费洛蒙和外表。科学家正在对这两种途径进行研究。
It is a popular belief that women who live together synchronise their menstrual cycles, and that it's mediated by their pheromones.
大多数人认为住在一起的女性经期会同步，并且这是由她们的信息素调节的。
Problem is, the effects of pheromones are thought to be subconscious - meaning that if we do communicate using them, we sure don't know it.
问题在于，学者们一般认为信息素的作用是潜意识的——这意味着，即使我们真的使用它进行交流，我们自己也不会知道。
Part of this information exchange is most likely facilitated by pheromones, chemical signals that are passed between animals to help send messages.
部分信息交换可能是在信息素(一种动物间传递信息的化学信号)的辅助下进行。
In insects, a lot of pheromones are known to be a blend of two or three molecules. It was postulated that it would be even more complex in mammals.
很多昆虫分泌的外激素都是两或三种分子的混合，一般认为哺乳动物的外激素更复杂。
Take foraging as an example. Whenever an ant finds food and carries it back to the nest, that ant leaves a chemical trail (pheromones) along the way.
以觅食为例，一只蚂蚁发现食物并将其搬回蚁穴，蚂蚁会一路留下化学物质作为跟踪标记。
Insect host marking pheromones are chemical compounds produced by females and deposited on or into hosts to signal the presence of conspecific brood.
昆虫寄主标记信息素是指由昆虫产生的用来标记寄主上有同种个体存在的化学物质。
The most interesting area, though, is the interaction between perfumes and natural scents that carry messages but do not have the specific properties of pheromones.
最令人关注的地方在于，香水香味和自然香味之间的相互关系，后者带有一定信息但没有信息素的独特属性。
They communicate with each other by using pheromones (scent from their bodies). And the sensitive hairs on their faces help the animals to find their way in the dark.
它们通过信息素(即身体的气味)相互交流，它们面部敏感的毛发则使它们在黑暗中也不会迷路。
We know that animals use pheromones to alert their peers of things like mating, food sources, and danger, and researchers hypothesize that pheromones can play a role in human behavior as well.
动物靠信息素来提醒同类诸如求偶、食物来源、危险等信息。研究人员假设信息素在人类行为中也起了一定作用。
We know that animals use pheromones to alert their peers of things like mating, food sources, and danger, and researchers hypothesize that pheromones can play a role in human behavior as well.
动物靠信息素来提醒同类诸如求偶、食物来源、危险等信息。研究人员假设信息素在人类行为中也起了一定作用。
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