Effect of primer pheromones and pollen diet on the food producing glands of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-137

  Peters, Lizette ^a   Zhu Salzman, Keyan ^a   Pankiw, Tanya ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brood pheromone; Honey bee; Hypopharyngeal gland; Mandibular gland; Nutrition; Queen mandibular pheromone

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ADAPTATION; BROOD REARING; DIET; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PROTEIN; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PHEROMONES; POLLEN;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 74449089492     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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