| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Authors: | K. E. Espelie, Cane, J. H., Himmelsbach, D. S. |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Pagination: | 414 - 416 |
| Date Published: | 1992/// |
| Keywords: | Apoidea, BEHAVIOR-NESTING, COLLETIDAE, DUFOUR’S GLAND, NEST LINING, PROTEIN, SYSTEMATICS-CHEMICAL |
| Abstract: | The nest cell lining of Hylaeus bisinuatus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) was shown by high-resolution solid-state [C-13]NMR to be composed of lipid polymer and protein. The lipid polymer was shown by reduction and subsequent GC/MS analysis to be comprised of omega-hydroxy fatty acids (C20, C22, C24 and C26) and fatty alcohols (C-16 to C30). The protein portion of the lining had a silk-like amino acid composition |
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