The influence of brood on the pollen consumption of worker bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Hrassnigg, Norbert ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apis; Brood reduction; Intestine; Midgut; Nutrition; Pollen

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMATION; FOOD INTAKE; HONEYBEE; LIFESPAN; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031872637     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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