[Inter-racial modifications of glycemia in the honeybee (Apis mellifica L.)].
The haemolymph levels of trehalose, glucose and fructose in foraging worker bees, have been compared in 4 different colonies of each of the following races: mellifica (M), ligustica (L), caucasica (C) and their hybrids. Significant differences were found between races, with increasing values in the order: L leads to M leads to C leads to (L X C) X M; in the extreme cases, the amplitude of those differences reached a 1 to 4 range for glucose and 1 to 5 for fructose. The trehalose levels showed lower variations and did not follow the heterosis effect observed in hybrids.
D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000378:metabolism*; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000378:metabolism*; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D007700:Kinetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014199:Trehalose / Q000378:metabolism*; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases / Q000378:metabolism
D004187:Disaccharides; D005632:Fructose; D014199:Trehalose; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases; D005947:Glucose
Modifications inter-raciales de la glycémie chez l'abeille (Apis mellifica L.).