Nutritional balance of essential amino acids and carbohydrates of the adult worker honeybee depends on age

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1449-1458

  Paoli, Pier P ^a   Donley, Dion ^a   Stabler, Daniel ^a   Saseendranath, Anumodh ^b   Nicolson, Susan W ^c   Simpson, Stephen J ^d   Wright, Geraldine A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Apis mellifera; Diet; Honeybee; Nutrition; Protein to carbohydrate ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PHEROMONE; SUCROSE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; SEX PHEROMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGER; HONEYBEE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WORKER (INSECT); ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGING; ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REPRODUCTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SUCROSE;

EID: 84901446322     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1706-2     Document Type: Article

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