Cytological changes in the brain of fourth and fifth instar of worker honey bee Apis cerana indica during post-embryonic development

Copyright: © Author, This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial No Derives License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. During the post-embryonic development of Indian honey bee, Apis cerana indica, brain undergoes enormous change in its anatomical organization. Brain of fourth and fifth instar larva consist of MNC, LNC, PNC and VNC group of neurosecretory cells. Cell types B, C1, C2 are found in LNC, PNC, and VNC while in MNC all cell types A, B, C1, C2 are found. Variation was observed in distribution and size of cell cytoplasm in each hemisphere of brain of fourth and fifth instar larva.