[Studies on the rectal pads of the honey bee Apis mellifca].
According to earlier investigations young bees show a rectal fluid hypo-osmotic to the haemolymph. It had been assumed, however, that in certain situations honey bees have to be economical with water and simultaneously form a rectal fluid hyperosmotic to the haemolymph. The latter has been confirmed by the present investigation.
D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000502:physiology*; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000502:physiology; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
Untersuchungen an Rektalpolstern der Honigbiene Apis mellifica