Respiration Rates of Larvae of Drone and Worker Honey Bees, Apis mellifera L¹

Author: ALLEN, DELIA M.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 52, Number 3, June 1959 , pp. 399-402(4)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

The oxygen consumptions of drone and worker honey bee larvae were determined at 32. over the period between hatching 1Ind the sealing of the cells prior to pupation. A decrease in respiration rates with increasing age was found in both drone and worker larvae when the rates were calculated 011 a unit weight basis, but in both castes the oxygen consumption per larva rose rapidly in the period following hatching, subsequently increasing less rapidly. Drone larvae consumed greater amounts of oxygen than worker larvae of the same weight, and this was apparently linked with their more rapid increase in weight.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1959-06-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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