Improvement of artificial feeding in a standard in vitro method for rearing Apis mellifera larvae

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Aupinel, Pierrick ^a   Fortini, Dominique ^a   Dufour, Helena ^a   Tasei, Jean Noël ^a   Michaud, Bruno ^a   Odoux, Jean François ^a   Pham DELÈGUE, Minh Hà ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial food; Honeybee; In vitro method; Larval development

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33846376269     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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