@Article{biocell.2005.29.001,
AUTHOR = {LUCIANA FIORETTI GRACIOLI-VITTI, FÁBIO CAMARGO ABDALLA, REGINA LÚCIA MORELLI SILVA DE MORAES},
TITLE = {Comparative study of mandibular glands of <i>Melipona bicolor</i> queens obtained from polygynic and monogynic colonies},
JOURNAL = {BIOCELL},
VOLUME = {29},
YEAR = {2005},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {1--5},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/biocell/v29n1/37657},
ISSN = {1667-5746},
ABSTRACT = {The aim of the present study was analyze, by histological and morphometrical studies, mandibular glands of <i>Melipona bicolor</i> queens collected from monogynic and polygynic colonies and compare their level of development. The results showed that the glands of physogastric queens from monogynic colony present a higher level of activity in relation to the queens of polygynic colonies; this is explained by the fact that just a unique queen controls the monogynic colony. In the polygynic colonies, the queens may divide such control to each other.},
DOI = {10.32604/biocell.2005.29.001}
}