Abstract
SummaryPreviously published data are used to support a proposal that the hypopharyngeal glands of the worker honeybee (Apis mellifera) contain a large concentration of proline, which counterbalances the osmotic pressure of nectar and facilitates the transfer of invertase from the glands to the nectar. The hypothesis offers an alternative explanation to that put forward by other authors, for the addition of proline by the bees during the processing of nectar into honey.
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