Glycogen in honeybee queens, workers and drones (Apis mellifera carnica Pollm.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-165

  Panzenböck, Ute ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Apis; Energy metabolism; Thermoregulation; Winter

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA;

EID: 0030814413     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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