Differential effects of insemination volume and substance on reproductive changes in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-244

  Nino E L ^a,b   Tarpy, D R ^a   Grozinger, C M ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

honey bee queen; hymenoptera; mating biology; reproduction; seminal fluid

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSEMINATION; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84877581604     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12016     Document Type: Article

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