Morphological and functional aspects of volatile-producing glands in bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-480

  Da cruz landim, Carminda ^a   Abdalla, FÁBIO CAMARGO ^a   Gracioli vitti, Luciana Fioretti ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bees; Class I cell; Class III cells; Exocrine glands; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857265362     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2005.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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