Histochemical Comparison of the Hypopharyngeal Gland in Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 Workers and Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 Workers
Joint Authors
Suwannapong, Guntima
Benbow, Mark Eric
Chaiwongwattanakul, Saichon
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hypopharyngeal glands of honeybee are age-dependent structures that change with the size of acini and are correlated with various social behaviors.
The histochemical structure of Apis cerana and A.
mellifera worker hypopharyngeal glands in four different developmental stages wes stained with ninhydrin Schiff's and periodic acid Schiff's reagents (PAS) for localization of proteins and carbohydrates, respectively, and examined with light microscopy.
Nurse bees of both honeybee species had significantly larger glands as compared to guards and forgers, but there were no statistically significant differences between these two species after accounting for caste.
Gland protein concentration increased progressively in nurse bees, and this was correlated with the appearance of enriched protein granules in the cytoplasm.
In addition, the hypopharyngeal gland protein concentration of A.
mellifera was higher than that of A.
cerana even though gland size was not significantly different between species.
However, gland size was shown to have decreased progressively in foragers and guards.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Suwannapong, Guntima& Chaiwongwattanakul, Saichon& Benbow, Mark Eric. 2010. Histochemical Comparison of the Hypopharyngeal Gland in Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 Workers and Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 Workers. Psyche،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Suwannapong, Guntima…[et al.]. Histochemical Comparison of the Hypopharyngeal Gland in Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 Workers and Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 Workers. Psyche No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Suwannapong, Guntima& Chaiwongwattanakul, Saichon& Benbow, Mark Eric. Histochemical Comparison of the Hypopharyngeal Gland in Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 Workers and Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 Workers. Psyche. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-452389
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-452389