Einbau von H3-d-glucose während der Oogenese beiApis mellifica L.

Summary The incorporation of tritiated glucose into the ovary of honey bee queens was studied by autoradiography. During the last stages of oogenesis, the synthesis of respectable amounts of glycogen was found in the reticuloplasm of the developing eggs. The follicle epithelium and also the nurse cells only appeared more lightly and transitory labelled at medium stages. An hypothesis was established concerning an antagonism of protein and polysaccharide formation in the cytoplasm corresponding to the rather late occurrence of glycogen in insect oogenesis.