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Numbers of spermatozoa in queens and drones indicate multiple mating of queens in Apis andreniformis and Apis dorsata.


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Koeniger, Gudrun and Koeniger, N. and Mardan, Makhdzir and Punchihewa, R. W. K. and Otis, G. W. (1990) Numbers of spermatozoa in queens and drones indicate multiple mating of queens in Apis andreniformis and Apis dorsata. Apidologie, 21 ( ). pp. 281-286. ISSN 0044-8435

Abstract

Drones of Apis dorsata had an average of 2.46·106 spermatozoa in their vesiculae seminales. Two queens had 3.67·106 spermatozoa in their spermathecae. In A adreniformis, drones had an average of 0.13·106 and the spermathecae of 2 queens contained 0.98 and 1.09·106 spermatozoa. In both A dorsata and A andreniformis the spermathecae of queens contained more spermatozoa than the vesiculae seminales of a single drone of either species. Therefore, we conclude that multiple mating occurs in both species as is the case for A mellifera, A cerana and A florea.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Bees - Culture
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Keywords: Multiple mating; Spermatozoon; Apis andreniformis; Apis dorsata.
Depositing User: Norhazura Hamzah
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2013 01:22
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2015 09:02
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15855
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