Resin collection and social immunity in honey bees

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3016-3022

  Simone, Michael ^a   Evans, Jay D ^b   Spivak, Marla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Apis mellifera; Ecological immunity; Propolis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; PROPOLIS;

AGE CLASS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; RESIN; SECRETION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPOLIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350238647     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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