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The Effect of Dietary Vitamin C on Carbohydrate Concentrations and Hydrolase Activity, During the Development of Honey Bee Worker Brood Cover

The Effect of Dietary Vitamin C on Carbohydrate Concentrations and Hydrolase Activity, During the Development of Honey Bee Worker Brood

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 59 (2015): Issue 1 (June 2015)
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|May 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2015-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 16
Submitted on: Nov 22, 2013
Accepted on: Dec 18, 2014
Published on: May 29, 2015
Published by: The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
α-glycosidases,
Apis mellifera carnica,
carbohydrates,
vitamin C,
worker brood
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2015 Marek Farjan, Krystyna Żółtowska, Zbigniew Lipiński, Elżbieta Łopieńska-Biernat, Małgorzata Dmitryjuk, published by The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
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