The effect of diet on protein concentration, hypopharyngeal gland development and virus load in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1184-1191

  DeGrandi Hoffman, Gloria ^a   Chen, Yanping ^b   Huang, Eden ^a   Huang, Ming Hua ^c  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformed wing virus; Nutrition; Protein diets

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NUTRITION; POLLEN; PROTEIN; SUGAR; VIRUS; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS;

EID: 77955173413     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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