Comparisons of juvenile hormone hemolymph and octopamine brain titers in honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) selected for high and low pollen hoarding

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1313-1319

  Schulz, David J ^a   Pankiw, Tanya ^b   Fondrk, M Kim ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a   Page Jr , Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral development; Division of labor; Dopamine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HONEYBEE; HORMONE;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 12144271235     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[1313:COJHHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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