Laying workers in queenless honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies have physiological states similar to that of nurse bees but opposite that of foragers

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 806-812

  Nakaoka, Takayoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Hideaki ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Hypopharyngeal gland; Laying worker; Ovarian ground plan hypothesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; ROYAL JELLY; VITELLOGENIN;

COLONY; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; WORKER CASTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 44449165369     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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