Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 562-565

  Alaux, Cédric ^a   Ducloz, François ^a   Crauser, Didier ^a   Le Conte, Yves ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Honeybee; Immunocompetence; Pollen; Social immunity

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PROTEIN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

GLUCOSE OXIDASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BEE; BLOOD CELL; CHEMISTRY; FAT BODY; FRANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLLEN; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FRANCE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; POLLEN;

EID: 77953855403     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0986     Document Type: Article

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