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Measuring Hypopharyngeal Gland Acinus Size in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workers
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September 14, 2018
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Hypopharyngeal gland acinus size is a robust measure of nurse honey bee nutrition. Here, we provide a detailed protocol for dissecting, staining, imaging, and measuring nurse bee hypopharyngeal gland acini.
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Corby-Harris, V., Snyder, L. A. Measuring Hypopharyngeal Gland Acinus Size in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workers. J. Vis. Exp. (139), e58261, doi:10.3791/58261 (2018).
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