Three substances ejected by Apis mellifera drones from everted endophallus and during natural matings with queen bees

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 613-621

  Woyke, Jerzy ^a  

^a University of Life Science   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ausst lpung; Drohn; Endophallus; K nigin; Paarungszeichen

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MUCUS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77958534652     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/20010007     Document Type: Article

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