wax gland
A wax gland is an exocrine gland complex consisting of epithelial cells, oenocytes and adipocytes. In honey bees they are located at the anterior part of the sternites 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the abdomen that discharges beeswax on two epithelial areas referred to as wax plates or wax mirrors.
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Reference
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Cassier P., Lensky Y. 1995 Ultrastructure of the wax gland complex and secretion of beeswax in the worker honey bee Apis mellifera L. Apidologie. Vol. 26, (1) pp. 17-26. doi: 10.1051/apido:19950103
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Danish
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vokskirtel
Noun, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Dutch; Flemish
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wasklier
Noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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English
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wax gland
Noun, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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French
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glande cirière
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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German
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Wachsdrüse
Noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Italian
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ghiandola della cera
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Italian
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ghiandola ceripara
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Norwegian
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vokskjertel
Noun, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Portuguese
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glândula cerífera
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Portuguese
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glândula cerígena
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
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glandă cerieră
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Spanish; Castilian
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glándula cerera
Compound noun, Feminine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Swedish
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vaxkörtel
Noun, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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