Instrumental insemination of Apis mellifera queens with hetero- and conspecific spermatozoa results in different sperm survival

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 503-511

  Phiancharoen, Mananya ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^a   Koeniger, Nikolaus ^b   Koeniger, Gudrun ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera queens; Apis species; Hetero specific insemination; Sperm survival; Spermathecal fluid

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; SPERM;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; FLOREA;

EID: 9644302774     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004043     Document Type: Article

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