Parasitic infection leads to decline in hemolymph sugar levels in honeybee foragers

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1572-1575

  Mayack, Christopher ^a   Naug, Dhruba ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic stress; Foraging; Honeybee; Metabolism; Nosema ceranae

Indexed keywords

TREHALOSE;

BIOENERGETICS; COLONY FOUNDING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PARASITE INFESTATION; SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEES; HEMOLYMPH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NOSEMA; TIME FACTORS; TREHALOSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 77955773926     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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