Effect of topical application of juvenile hormone (JH) in honeybee worker larvae on the development of the Dufour's and Koschewnikow's glands

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-191

  Abdalla, F C ^a   Gracioli, L F ^a   Salles, H C ^a   Cruz Landim, C ^a   Silva De Moraes, R L M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Dufour glands; Juvenile hormone; Koschewnikow glands; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360398     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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