Journal
APIDOLOGIE
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 565-569Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009038
Keywords
Apis mellifera; drone semen; mating; queen bee; spectroscopy
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- USDA/CSREES to Kentucky State University [KYX-10-02-36P, KYX10-07-41P]
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The abdomens of honey bee queens and semen from drone bees were analyzed by visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Mated honey bee queens could be distinguished from virgin queens by their absorption spectra with 100% accuracy. Spectra of semen showed that classifications of queens were likely influenced by the presence or absence of semen in the queen spermathecae. However, physiological or morphological changes that occur in the queens after mating probably influenced the classifications also.
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