Reproductive and morphological comparisons of drones reared in queenright and laying worker colonies

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 163-167

  Gençer, H Vasfi ^a   Firatli, Çetin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera caucasica; Drone size; Honey bees; Instrumental insemination; Laying workers; Seminal vesicle; Spermatozoa count

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CAUCASICA;

EID: 33644517245     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2005.11101172     Document Type: Article

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