Effects of protein-constrained brood food on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pollen foraging and colony growth

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1471-1478

  Sagili, Ramesh R ^a   Pankiw, Tanya ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood food; Honey bee; Hypopharyngeal glands; Pollen foraging; Protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; HONEYBEE; POLLEN; PROTEIN;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 34250622898     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0379-1     Document Type: Article

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