Free amino acids in the haemolymph of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

Amino Acids

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 205-212

  Hrassnigg, N ^a   Leonhard, B ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Apis mellifera; Egg production; Proline; Queen; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0037354390     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-002-0311-y     Document Type: Article

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