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Adding Amino Acids to a Sucrose Diet Is Not Sufficient to Support Longevity of Adult Bumble Bees

Dietary macro-nutrients (i.e., carbohydrates, protein, and fat) are important for bee larval development and, thus, colony health and fitness. To which extent different diets (varying in macro-nutrient composition) affect adult bees and whether they can thrive on nectar as the sole amino acid source...

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Autores principales: Grund-Mueller, Nils, Ruedenauer, Fabian A., Spaethe, Johannes, Leonhardt, Sara D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326445
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11040247