Assessing the mating 'health' of commercial honey bee queens

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Tarpy, David R ^a   Keller, Jennifer J ^a   Caren, Joel R ^a   Delaney, Deborah A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

honey bee; insemination success; mating number; queen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; BODY SIZE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84856894994     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11276     Document Type: Article

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