Worker honey bee ovary development: Seasonal variation and the influence of larval and adult nutrition

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Hoover, Shelley E R ^a   Higo, Heather A ^a   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honey bee; Nutrition; Ovary; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; NUTRITION; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; LARVA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; SEASONS;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 28844454276     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0032-0     Document Type: Article

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