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Juvenile hormone, vitellogenin and haemocyte composition in winter worker honeybees (Apis mellifera)

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The haemolymph of winter bees (long life span) in contrast to that of summer bees (short life span) has a low juvenile hormone titre and a high protein titre. It is suggested that the winter bee physiology may be brought about by low JH-production.

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  1. Division of Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute of the University of Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 6, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

    P. Fluri, H. Wille, L. Gerig & M. Lüscher

  2. Apicultural Section, Federal Dairy Research Station, CH-3097, Liebefeld-Bern, Switzerland

    P. Fluri, H. Wille, L. Gerig & M. Lüscher

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Fluri, P., Wille, H., Gerig, L. et al. Juvenile hormone, vitellogenin and haemocyte composition in winter worker honeybees (Apis mellifera). Experientia 33, 1240–1241 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922354

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