Scanning Electron Microscopic Studies of the Sting Apparatus of Honeybee, (Apis mellifera) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). | ||||
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||||
Article 6, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2018, Page 71-80 PDF (333.91 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/eajb.2018.11895 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Darwish A. A. M1; Elmesiery M. A.1; Mansour H. A. M.2; Konper H. M. A.2 | ||||
1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, El Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
2Department of Apiculture, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The structure of different parts of the stinging apparatus of honeybeeApis melliferawas studied by scanning electron microscope in adult foraging workers for the first time. We reveal the association of the setaceous sheath and the alarm scent as it is due to the presence of the newly discovered Egypty gland. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Sting apparatus; Honeybee | ||||
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