Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 538-543

  den Boer, Susanne P A ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Baer, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Apis mellifera; Ejaculate; Seminal fluid; Social insects; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HONEYBEE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; QUEEN; SECRETION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67349150434     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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