Juvenile hormone promotes flight activity in drones (Apis mellifera carnica)

Apidologie

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-84

  De Oliveira Tozetto, S ^a   Rachinsky, A ^a   Engels, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Drone flight activity; Flight stimulus; Juvenile hormone; Premature flight attempts

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

DRONE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; NONHUMAN;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1842294538     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970204     Document Type: Article

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