Caste determination is a sequential process: Effect of larval age at grafting on ovariole number, hind leg size and cephalic volatiles in the honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-190

  Dedej, Selim ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^b   Aumeier, Pia ^c   Rosenkranz, Peter ^c   Engels, Wolf ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Apis mellifera cornica; Basitarsus; Caste determination; Grafting; Hind leg; Honey bees; Larvae; Ovary development; Queen pheromone; Queen rearing

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0032286512     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1998.11100970     Document Type: Article

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