TISSUE-SPECIFICITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF HEXOKINASE AND AFRICANIZED HONEY-BEE SPECIFIC PROTEINS IN APIS-MELLIFERA L (HYMENOPTERA,APIDAE)

Four hexokinase loci were found in honey bees. The HK-1 locus with two alleles was n in pupae and in the head, thorax and abdomen of adults. HK-l1, HK-l2 and HK-l3 were found only in the immature stages. HK-l1 and HK-l2 are monomorphic. Gene duplication is suggested for the polym orphic locus HK-l3 with two-band homozygotes and four-band heterozygot es. The Africanized honey bee specific proteins were not found in the larval or pupal stage of Africanized honey bees. In the adult, they we re weakly present in the head, present in the thorax and absent in the abdomen.