Body-Surface Compounds in Buckfast and Caucasian Honey Bee Workers (Apis Mellifera)
Body-surface chemical compounds were studied in 1-day-old nest workers and foragers both in Buckfast and Caucasian bees. The workers of these two age-castes were sampled twice in each of two consecutive years. Body-surface lipids were determined by means of gas chromatography, with a GCQ mass spectr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2014-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Apicultural Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jas.2014.58.issue-1/jas-2014-0001/jas-2014-0001.xml?format=INT |