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THE composition of the larval foods of the honeybee has evoked considerable interest among research workers1–4. Honeybee larvæ are fed a jelly-like secretion of the head glands of nurse bees, who deposit it in the cell of the comb. Since the caste determination is influenced by nutrition5 and presumably occurs before the third day of the larval life, the chemical composition of the foods fed to the young (1–3 days old) and old (4–6 days old) larvæ have received some added attention. Considerable variation has been reported in the carbohydrate2, protein6, lipid1,3, pteridine4, and other chemical constituents of the larval foods1. Whether larval foods can influence sex modification is still not certain.
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DIXIT, P., PATEL, N. Insulin-like Activity in Larval Foods of the Honeybee. Nature 202, 189–190 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202189a0
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