Hive-stored pollen of honey bees: Many lines of evidence are consistent with pollen preservation, not nutrient conversion

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 5904-5917

  Anderson, Kirk E ^a,b   Carroll, Mark J ^a,b   Sheehan, Tim ^a   Mott, Brendon M ^b   Maes, Patrick ^a   Corby Harris, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bee bread; fermentation; honey; Lactobacillus kunkeei; microbes; nutrition

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; LACTOBACILLUS KUNKEEI;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BEE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLLEN; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLLEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84912060292     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12966     Document Type: Article

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