The influence of pollen quality and pollen-based cues on the nutrition and foraging behaviour of honey bees, Apis mellifera L

Changes in honey bee, 'Apis mellifera' L., worker fitness were determined after feeding caged, newly-emerged bees one of eight pollen diets. Freshly-collected pollen was compared with pollen that had been stored for one year at -30C in an oxygen-reduced atmosphere. Development of hypophary...

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Main Author: Pernal, Stephen F.
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/1903