Effect of different nutritional diets on hypopharyngeal glands growth in nurse honey bees

Hypopharyngeal glands (HGs) are one of the most important body organs of nurse honey bees which produce the major protein fraction of royal jelly that is fed to larvae and queen. The HGs mass and acini size can be considered as robust indicator that is used to determine the quality of the diets fed...

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Main Author: Vahid Ghasemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Entomological Society of Iran 2021-12-01
Series:نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران
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Online Access:https://jesi.areeo.ac.ir/article_126484_3284dc816715d68164bf1f0ccb7d6353.pdf