Interspecific variation in beeswax as a biological construction material

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3984-3989

  Buchwald, Robert ^a   Breed, Michael D ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^b   Otis, Gard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis; Beeswax; Honeybee; Resilience; Stiffness; Strength; Wax; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; PROPOLIS; WAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; NESTING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; MATERIALS TESTING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WAXES;

APIS; APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33751089876     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02472     Document Type: Article

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