The role of nutrition and temperature in the ovarian development of the worker honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 883-891

  Lin, Huarong ^a   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0032408905     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130883-6     Document Type: Article

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