Enzymes in the hypopharyngeal gland extracts from workers of Scaptotrigona postica (Hymenoptera, Apinae, Meliponini) related to food storing in the colony

Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 413-420

  Costa, Rosiléia A C ^a   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amylase; Enzymes; Glucose oxidase; Hypopharyngeal glands; Meliponines; Saccharase; Stingless bees; Workers

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0036377925     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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