A comparison of the protein quality of pollens for growth-stimulation of the hypopharyngeal glands and longevity of honey bees,Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Standifer, L. N.

doi:10.1007/bf02223687

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“…Reported protein values for apple (Malus pumila Mill.) range between 22.7-24.6%, while those for Trifolium species vary between 17.6-18.4% [59,87]. Oilseed rape pollen is reported to contain between 19.4-22.7% protein for Brassica campestris [87,94], 24.3% for Brassica napus L. [66], and 21.6% for an unidentified mixture of both species [86].…”

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“…range between 22.7-24.6%, while those for Trifolium species vary between 17.6-18.4% [59,87]. Oilseed rape pollen is reported to contain between 19.4-22.7% protein for Brassica campestris [87,94], 24.3% for Brassica napus L. [66], and 21.6% for an unidentified mixture of both species [86]. In addition, Helianthus annuus pollen has been described to contain 15 Factors other than protein may be important in determining the amount of pollen consumed by individual workers.…”

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“…Hypopharyngeal gland development is influenced by the quantity and quality of protein ingested by workers [25,28,35,47,57,59,[87][88][89]. The size of the hypopharyngeal glands, as measured by acinal diameter, is related to their total protein content [5].…”

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Pollen quality of fresh and 1-year-old single pollen diets for worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

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Pollen quality of fresh and 1-year-old single pollen diets for worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

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“…(Standifer et al 1960;Brodschneider and Crailsheim 2010). Standifer (1967) and Di Pasquale et al (2013) found that certain aspects of nurse bee physiology, such as HPG development, were affected by pollen quality. Moreover, nutrition quality in combination with pesticide contamination has an effect on HPG development (Renzi et al 2016).…”

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Influence of different pollen diets on the development of hypopharyngeal glands and size of acid gland sacs in caged honey bees (Apis mellifera)

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Abd-Ella²,

Khodairy³

et al. 2016

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-We examined the consumption rate of protein diets in caged and free-flying honey bees, amino acid composition of diets, and diet effects on gland development. The effect of seven different diets (sugar solution only, Feedbee®, Helianthus pollen, Sinapis pollen, Asparagus pollen, Castanea pollen, and mixed pollen diet) on the development of the hypopharyngeal (HPG) and acid glands (AG) was tested in caged honey bees. Caged bees consumed the protein diet mainly at the age of 1-8 days, with the highest consumption rate on day 3. Different diets affected the development of both glands. The acini of HPG attained their maximum size in caged bees at an age of 5 days. Bees fed with Castanea sp., Asparagus sp., or mixed pollen had the largest glands among all test groups of this age. The AG sacs of caged bees grew in size between 5 and 12 days and were at day 18 less affected by different protein diets. Castanea sp. and mixed pollen diets were preferably consumed in free-flying colonies.hypopharyngeal glands / acid gland sacs / monofloral pollen / protein / nutrition

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“…For this reason, gland size and acini diameter have been used as indicators to test the effect of various food sources such as pollen from different plants (Standifer, 1967) or pesticides (Gupta and Chandel, 1995). As protein turnover is high in the hypopharyngeal glands, we hypothesized that feeding on transgenic protein may influence the development of these glands in young nurse bees.…”

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Influence of Bt-transgenic pollen, Bt-toxin and protease inhibitor (SBTI) ingestion on development of the hypopharyngeal glands in honeybees

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-In order to assess the risks of transgenic crops for honey bee colonies, we studied the development of hypopharyngeal glands of adult workers. We introduced 50 newly emerged adult bees into small, queenright colonies of c. 250 bees. Bees were fed either Bt-transgenic maize pollen (MON 810) or a sugar solution containing either purified Bt-toxin (Cry1Ab, 0.0014% w/v) or Kunitz soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) at two concentrations (0.1% and 1% w/v). Neither the Bt maize pollen nor the Bt toxin showed any effect on bee survival or on the development of hypopharyngeal glands after a period of 10 days' feeding. In contrast, treatment of newly emerged bees with SBTI (0.1 and 1%) for 10 days significantly reduced the mean weights of the hypopharyngeal glands and the mean diameter of the glands' acini. While small amounts of Bt toxin were detected by ELISA in the hypopharyngeal glands of bees fed the Bt-sugar solution, SBTI could not be detected in gland samples by Western blotting.Apis mellifera / Cry1Ab / Kunitz soybean trypsin inhibitor / transgenic plants / risk assessment

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A comparison of the protein quality of pollens for growth-stimulation of the hypopharyngeal glands and longevity of honey bees,Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Cited by 79 publications

References 13 publications

Pollen quality of fresh and 1-year-old single pollen diets for worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

Pollen quality of fresh and 1-year-old single pollen diets for worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

Influence of different pollen diets on the development of hypopharyngeal glands and size of acid gland sacs in caged honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Influence of Bt-transgenic pollen, Bt-toxin and protease inhibitor (SBTI) ingestion on development of the hypopharyngeal glands in honeybees

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