Adult honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) abandon hemocytic, but not phenoloxidase-based immunity

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Schmid, Martin R ^a   Brockmann, Axel ^a   Pirk, Christian W W ^a,b   Stanley, David W ^c   Tautz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Drone; Hemoctye; Honeybee; Phenoloxidase; Queen; Worker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38749130433     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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