Behavioural, morphological, and metabolic maturation of newly emerged adult workers of the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 704-711

  Skandalis, Dimitri A ^a   Roy, Chinmay ^a   Darveau, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Flight; Glycolysis; Maturation; Metabolism; Mitochondrial respiration

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ADULT; BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATURATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MUSCLES; WING;

BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HEXAPODA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 79957799325     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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