Morphology of the Dufour gland within the honey bee sting gland complex

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-546

  Martin, Stephen J ^a   Dils, Vicky ^b   Billen, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apis; Dufour gland; Honeybee; Morphology; Sting

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGY;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 29244474063     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005041     Document Type: Article

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