Ultrastructural and chemical characterization of egg surface of honeybee worker and queen-laid eggs

Chemoecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Katzav Gozansky, Tamar ^a   Soroker, Victoria ^b   Kamer, Josef ^b   Schulz, Claudia M ^c   Francke, Wittko ^c   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dufour's gland; Egg coating; Honeybee; Methylalkanes

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0141564638     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-003-0238-0     Document Type: Article

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