Quantitative analysis of the mandibular gland components of the dwarf honey bee (Apis florea Fabricius)

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 293-299

  Keeling, Christopher I ^a   Slessor, Keith N ^a   Koeniger, Nikolaus ^b   Koeniger, Gudrun ^b   Punchihewa, R W K ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Honeybee Research Facility   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Honey bee; Mandibular gland; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHANOL; ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; METHYL PARABEN; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; SEBACIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

APIS FLOREA;

EID: 0034075221     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000123     Document Type: Article

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