Ovarian control of nectar collection in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Siegel, Adam J ^a,b   Freedman, Colin ^a   Page, Robert E ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NECTAR COLLECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIOLE NUMBER; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY SIZE; POLLEN; SUCROSE SENSITIVITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; APPETITE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NECTAR; OBSERVATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PLANT NECTAR; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860466760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033465     Document Type: Article

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