Haemolymph sugars and the control of the proventriculus in the honey bee Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-229

  Roces, Flavio ^a   Blatt, Jasmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Bee; Haemolymph; Osmolality; Proventriculus; Trehalose; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEEDING; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; VISCOSITY;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0032985832     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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