Re-Insemination of Egg Laying Queen Honey Bees

Instrumental insemination of queen bees that have started laying eggs is used extremely rarely. It is one of the methods for obtaining diploid drones, but it is believed that the queen must stop laying eggs for at least five days before insemination, e.g. by placing her in a mesh cage in her colony,...

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Published inJournal of Apicultural Science Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 59 - 61
Main Authors Gąbka, Jakub, Gąbka, Joanna, Zajdel, Barbara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pulawy Sciendo 01.06.2025
De Gruyter Poland
Subjects
Age
Bees
Carbon dioxide
Diploids
Drones
Egg laying
Eggs
Experiments
honey bee queen
instrumental insemination
interruption of egg laying
Life sciences
Ovaries
oviposition
Queens
re-insemination of laying queen
Sperm
Survivability
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Abstract Instrumental insemination of queen bees that have started laying eggs is used extremely rarely. It is one of the methods for obtaining diploid drones, but it is believed that the queen must stop laying eggs for at least five days before insemination, e.g. by placing her in a mesh cage in her colony, in order to deactivate the ovaries. According to unpublished information, re-insemination of queens with active ovaries causes their death. The aim of this work was to verify this information. The results of our experiments show that re-insemination does not affect the survivability of queens with active ovaries and can be performed without prior interruption of egg laying.
AbstractList Instrumental insemination of queen bees that have started laying eggs is used extremely rarely. It is one of the methods for obtaining diploid drones, but it is believed that the queen must stop laying eggs for at least five days before insemination, e.g. by placing her in a mesh cage in her colony, in order to deactivate the ovaries. According to unpublished information, re-insemination of queens with active ovaries causes their death. The aim of this work was to verify this information. The results of our experiments show that re-insemination does not affect the survivability of queens with active ovaries and can be performed without prior interruption of egg laying.
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Zajdel, Barbara
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Bees
Carbon dioxide
Diploids
Drones
Egg laying
Eggs
Experiments
honey bee queen
instrumental insemination
interruption of egg laying
Life sciences
Ovaries
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