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A Look into the Cell: Honey Storage in Honey Bees, Apis mellifera
Honey bees, Apis species, obtain carbohydrates from nectar and honeydew. These resources are ripened into honey in wax cells that are capped for long-term storage. These stores are used to overcome dearth periods when foraging is not possible. Despite the economic and ecological importance of honey,...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27560969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161059 |