Africanized and European honey bee worker ovarian follicle development response to racial brood pheromone extracts

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-163

  Pankiw, Tanya ^a   Garza, Celina ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Apis mellifera; Brood pheromone; Ovary development

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; INHIBITION; LARVA; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 34547432981     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006066     Document Type: Article

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