Royal Jelly (RJ) is a nutrient rich substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal glands of
young worker bees. Owing to the exceptional biological properties, RJ is used in …

In the honeybee, Apis mellifera, the queen larvae are fed with a diet exclusively composed
of royal jelly (RJ), a secretion of the hypopharyngeal gland of young worker bees that nurse …

The European honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) is used as a model organism in studies of the
molecular and neural mechanisms underlying social behaviors and/or advanced brain …

Royal jelly, a honey bee secretion, plays a critical role in caste determination in honey bees
because it serves as the source of nutrition for young larvae destined to become queens. It is …

Many invasive pathogens effectively bypass the insect defenses to ensure the completion of
their life cycle. Among those, an invasive microsporidian species, Nosema ceranae, can …

Abstract Background In the honeybee Apis mellifera, female larvae destined to become a
queen are fed with royal jelly, a secretion of the hypopharyngeal glands of young nurse …

Age-based division of labor among workers is a fundamental life-history trait of many social
insects, including the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera L. Extensive studies of the …

Royal jelly contains numerous components, including proteins. Major royal jelly protein
(MRJP) 1 is the most abundant protein among the soluble royal jelly proteins. In its …

The genome of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) harbors nine transcribed major royal
jelly protein genes (mrjp1‐9) which originate from a single‐copy precursor via gene …

Neuropeptides play vital roles in orchestrating neural communication and physiological
modulation in organisms, acting as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and …