Relationship between semen quality and performance of instrumentally inseminated honey bee queens

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 421-429

  Collins, Anita M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brood pattern; Sperm storage; Spermatheca; Spermatozoa viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034086703     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000132     Document Type: Article

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