Gustatory perception and fat body energy metabolism are jointly affected by vitellogenin and juvenile hormone in honey bees.

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) provide a system for studying social and food-related behavior. A caste of workers performs age-related tasks: young bees (nurses) usually feed the brood and other adult bees inside the nest, while older bees (foragers) forage outside for pollen, a protein/lipid source, o...

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Main Authors: Ying Wang, Colin S Brent, Erin Fennern, Gro V Amdam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386229?pdf=render