Survival of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Spermatozoa after Two Years in Liquid Nitrogen (–196°C)1
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 76 (5) , 890-891
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/76.5.890
Abstract
Genetic markers showed that spermatozoa of the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., can produce progeny after storage for 2 years at –196°C Progeny counts indicated that a loss of viability may have occurred between 4 days and 2 years of storage. Nine queens inseminated with spermatozoa stored 4 days produced 22% worker brood (range = 8–55%); eight queens inseminated with spermatozoa stored 2 years produced 8% worker brood (range = 1–25%) (P < 0.05).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Survival of Honey Bee Spermatozoa in Liquid Nitrogen1Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1977
- FIVE NEW EYE-COLOR MUTANTS IN THE HONEY BEEJournal of Heredity, 1964