Amino acid and lipid spectra of larvae of honey bee (Apis cerana Fabr) feeding on mustard pollen

Apidologie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Singh, R P ^a,b   Singh, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b N D UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Apis cerana; Brassica campestris; Feeding; Lipid; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 6144278705     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19960103     Document Type: Article

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