... methoprene accelerates the onset of foraging behaviour in worker honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) but also reduces forager performance and longevity, indicating a limitation to the plasticity of bees. Precocious foraging Radio frequency identification Life span Homing Stressors Adult worker...

...,mutated CSP lacking all cysteines fails to associate with membranes, does not concentrate in synaptic terminals, and cannot rescue adult temperature-sensitive paralysis and short life span, both prominent null mutant phenotypes. A mutant protein with 5 instead of 11 string cysteines appears to be normally...