CV Lattes
ORCID
Abstract
This project aims to investigate the role of the mevalonate pathway in the activation of ovaries in honey bees and stingless bees. Eusocial bees have a complex social structure, with division of reproductive labor between queens and workers. In Apis mellifera bees, the queen receives a food rich in sugar and develops functional ovaries and produces many eggs, while the workers have inacti…