Secretory cycle of the Dufour's gland in workers of the bumble bee Bombus Terrestris L. (hymenoptera: Apidae, bombini)

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 139-156

  Abdalla, Fábio Camargo ^a   Velthuis, Hayo ^b   Duchateau, Marie José ^b   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumble bee; Dufour's gland; Egg marking; Workers

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0039339178     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854299505650     Document Type: Article

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