Zaitoon,, A. (2002). EFFECTS OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES ON THE ROYAL JELLY AND HAEMOL YMPH OF HONEYBEES. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 27(10), 7053-7063. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.255355
A. A. Zaitoon,. "EFFECTS OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES ON THE ROYAL JELLY AND HAEMOL YMPH OF HONEYBEES". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 27, 10, 2002, 7053-7063. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.255355
Zaitoon,, A. (2002). 'EFFECTS OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES ON THE ROYAL JELLY AND HAEMOL YMPH OF HONEYBEES', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 27(10), pp. 7053-7063. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.255355
Zaitoon,, A. EFFECTS OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES ON THE ROYAL JELLY AND HAEMOL YMPH OF HONEYBEES. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2002; 27(10): 7053-7063. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.255355
EFFECTS OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES ON THE ROYAL JELLY AND HAEMOL YMPH OF HONEYBEES
Department of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt
Abstract
Haemolymph protein and quality of royal jelly produced by honeybee colonies fed only on pollen substitutes were compared with those of natural colonies. These pollen substitutes were check pea-milk and defatted soy flour. The total sugar amounts of crude protein and 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid varied slightly but within the reported range for natural royal jelly. No detectable differences occurred in the electrophoretic densitogram of water-soluble protein and haemolymph protein. Idealy no differences were noted in the characters of queen bees reared on the royal jelly.