Mating flights and sperm transfer in the dwarf honeybee Apis andreniformis (Smith, 1858)

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-311

  Koeniger, Gudrun ^a   Koeniger, Nikolaus ^a   Tingek, Salim ^b   Kelitu, Athanasius ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Agricultural Research Station   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apis andreniformis; Mating flight; Queen; Sperm transfer; Spermatozoa count

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FIGHTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLIGHT; HONEYBEE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SPERM;

APIDAE; APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034037925     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000124     Document Type: Article

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